BEDUNCE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BEDUNCE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BEDUNCE?
| 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: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BEDUNCE is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BEDUNCE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BEDUNCE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BEDUNCE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 631,611.
What does BEDUNCE mean in Scrabble?
verb
rarearchaic
To make someone look or feel foolish, as if they were a dunce.
Bedunce is an old and seldom used verb that turns the noun dunce into an action done to a person. It has almost disappeared from modern English and mostly turns up in word lists.
How BEDUNCE is used
Rare and old-fashioned, used for making someone seem stupid or ignorant.
- The cruel teacher tried to bedunce the pupil before the class.
- No quiz should be designed to bedunce a nervous student.
- He feared the riddle would bedunce him in front of the guests.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BEDUNCE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BEDUNCE
2 longer words begin with BEDUNCE.
Shorter words from the letters in BEDUNCE
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Common questions about BEDUNCE
- Is BEDUNCE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BEDUNCE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BEDUNCE worth?
- BEDUNCE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BEDUNCE mean?
- To make someone look or feel foolish, as if they were a dunce.
- What letters can be added to BEDUNCE?
- BEDUNCE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BEDUNCE:
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