BEDAUB is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. BEDAUB is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BEDAUB?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BEDAUB is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BEDAUB
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bedaubsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BEDAUB scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BEDAUB, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 689,845.
What stands out about BEDAUB
- BEDAUB begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BEDAUB mean in Scrabble?
verb
To smear or splash a surface thickly with something sticky, wet or dirty.
Bedaub suggests a messy, clumsy coating rather than a careful one, as when a child bedaubs a wall with paint or a bird bedaubs a statue. It can also describe painting that is crudely overdone, with colour laid on in heavy blobs. The prefix be- intensifies the older verb daub.
How BEDAUB is used
Fairly literary; often used with with, as in bedaubed with mud.
- The toddler managed to bedaub the kitchen table with jam.
- Villagers would bedaub the doors with red clay before the festival.
- Do not bedaub the canvas with thick colour before the first layer dries.
- Rain and soot began to bedaub the white walls of the old chapel.
- He used a rag to bedaub the fence with tar.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BEDAUB and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BEDAUB
3 longer words begin with BEDAUB.
Shorter words from the letters in BEDAUB
Common questions about BEDAUB
- Is BEDAUB valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BEDAUB, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BEDAUB worth?
- BEDAUB is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BEDAUB mean?
- To smear or splash a surface thickly with something sticky, wet or dirty.
- What letters can be added to BEDAUB?
- BEDAUB takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BEDAUB:
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