BEDYE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. BEDYE is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept BEDYE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BEDYE is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BEDYE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BEDYE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BEDYE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 71,295.
What does BEDYE mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaic
To dye or stain something.
Bedye is simply an older, intensified spelling built on dye, formed the way many archaic verbs once added the prefix be- to sharpen or complete an action. Writers of earlier centuries used it where a modern author would just write dyed or stained, and the word survives now mainly as a curiosity in word lists rather than in ordinary prose.
How BEDYE is used
Archaic and rare; found in older texts and word-game references, not in current speech.
- The old poem tells how the cloth was made to bedye a deep crimson.
- Craftsmen once used berries to bedye wool before dyes were sold in shops.
- The chronicler wrote that the banner did bedye the field with colour.
- Few modern readers would recognise bedye where they expect the word dye.
- The manuscript uses bedye twice, both times describing stained cloth.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BEDYE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BEDYE
The 5 tiles of BEDYE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BEDYE
3 longer words begin with BEDYE.
Shorter words from the letters in BEDYE
Common questions about BEDYE
- Is BEDYE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and BEDYE is not in it.
- How many points is BEDYE worth?
- BEDYE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BEDYE mean?
- To dye or stain something.
- What letters can be added to BEDYE?
- BEDYE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BEDYE:
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