BEETLE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BEETLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BEETLE?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BEETLE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 8.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BEETLE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BEETLE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BEETLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 112,884.
What does BEETLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
An insect with hard, shell-like forewings that fold down over its back to cover and protect a second, membranous pair of flight wings underneath.
Beetles make up the largest single group of insects, with hundreds of thousands of known species ranging from tiny weevils to the large stag beetle, and their armored front wings, called elytra, act like a case that snaps shut over the flying wings when the beetle is not airborne. The same word also works as a verb, as when eyebrows are said to beetle, meaning to project or overhang in a heavy, jutting way, and older textile mills used a machine called a beetle to hammer cloth and give it a glossy finish. Because of their tough shells and huge variety, beetles are a favorite subject for insect collectors and children encountering their first bug jar alike.
How BEETLE is used
A common everyday word for the insect, and less often a technical or literary word for jutting or overhanging.
- A large black beetle scuttled across the garden path.
- The museum displayed a collection of rare tropical beetles.
- His bushy eyebrows seemed to beetle over his eyes.
- Children searched under logs for beetles after the rain.
- The old mill used a machine called a beetle to finish the cloth.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BEETLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BEETLE
10 longer words begin with BEETLE.
Shorter words from the letters in BEETLE
Common questions about BEETLE
- Is BEETLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BEETLE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BEETLE worth?
- BEETLE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BEETLE mean?
- An insect with hard, shell-like forewings that fold down over its back to cover and protect a second, membranous pair of flight wings underneath.
- What letters can be added to BEETLE?
- BEETLE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BEETLE:
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