BEE is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. BEE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BEE?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BEE is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 8.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BEE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BEE scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in BEE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,225.
What does BEE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A flying insect that collects nectar.
Bee also names a gathering where people work together — a spelling bee, a quilting bee — and that use came from the idea of a swarm rather than from anything the insect actually does. It is American and nineteenth-century.
How BEE is used
Countable: a bee, two bees.
- A bee in the kitchen and everybody standing on chairs.
- The spelling bee is named after a swarm and not an insect.
- Bees do not die from every sting, whatever the story says.
- A quilting bee was work disguised as a party.
- The word bee for a gathering is American.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BEE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BEE
Showing 24 of 129 words that begin with BEE.
Words ending in BEE
16 words end in BEE. Useful as a back hook: play BEE onto a word already on the board.
Words with BEE inside
Showing 24 of 57 words that contain BEE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BEE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BEE
Common questions about BEE
- Is BEE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BEE, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BEE worth?
- BEE is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BEE mean?
- A flying insect that collects nectar.
- What letters can be added to BEE?
- BEE takes 6 hooks: 0 in front and 6 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of BEE:
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