BEDFAST is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. BEDFAST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BEDFAST?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BEDFAST is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BEDFAST
No single letter turns BEDFAST into another word.
How BEDFAST scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BEDFAST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 385,985.
What does BEDFAST mean in Scrabble?
adjective
regional
Confined to bed by illness or old age.
Bedfast is a plainer regional cousin of bedridden. Nurses and older writers use it when a patient cannot get up at all. The word suggests a long condition, not a short stay in bed.
How BEDFAST is used
Used in care and medical contexts, especially in some American regions, to say a person is bedfast.
- The old farmer had been bedfast since the winter.
- Her bedfast mother needed care day and night.
- The nurse visited the bedfast patients every morning.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BEDFAST and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BEDFAST
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Common questions about BEDFAST
- Is BEDFAST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BEDFAST, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BEDFAST worth?
- BEDFAST is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BEDFAST mean?
- Confined to bed by illness or old age.
- What letters can be added to BEDFAST?
- No single letter can be added to BEDFAST to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BEDFAST:
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