BEDUMB is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. BEDUMB is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BEDUMB?
| 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 BEDUMB is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BEDUMB
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bedumbsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BEDUMB scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BEDUMB, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,104 thousand.
What stands out about BEDUMB
- BEDUMB 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 BEDUMB mean in Scrabble?
verb
rarearchaic
To strike someone silent, or to leave a person unable to speak.
Bedumb is a rare old verb built by adding the prefix be- to the plain adjective dumb, in the sense of silent. It describes an action that robs a person of speech, whether by shock, awe or force of argument. The verb is now found almost only in historical dictionaries and in deliberately ornate writing, and modern speakers would use words such as silence or stun instead.
How BEDUMB is used
Rare and archaic; seen in word lists and old literary prose rather than in current English.
- The terrible news seemed to bedumb the whole assembly.
- No argument could bedumb him once he began to speak.
- The poet wrote that grief would bedumb even the most eloquent tongue.
- A single glance from the judge was enough to bedumb the witness.
- The unexpected honour threatened to bedumb her entirely.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BEDUMB and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BEDUMB
3 longer words begin with BEDUMB.
Shorter words from the letters in BEDUMB
Common questions about BEDUMB
- Is BEDUMB valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BEDUMB, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BEDUMB worth?
- BEDUMB is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BEDUMB mean?
- To strike someone silent, or to leave a person unable to speak.
- What letters can be added to BEDUMB?
- BEDUMB takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BEDUMB:
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