BEG is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. BEG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BEG?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BEG is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BEG
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BEG scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in BEG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What does BEG mean in Scrabble?
verb
To ask for something urgently or humbly.
Beg carries a difference in standing: you beg somebody who is in a position to refuse. That is why begging the question sounds so odd — the phrase is a mistranslation of a Latin term about assuming what you set out to prove, and the mistake is four centuries old and permanent.
How BEG is used
Transitive and intransitive. The past is begged.
- He begged for another week and got three days.
- She begs nobody for anything, which is the whole problem.
- The phrase about begging the question is a mistranslation.
- They begged the question and answered a different one.
- To beg implies somebody able to refuse.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BEG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BEG
Showing 24 of 156 words that begin with BEG.
Words ending in BEG
9 words end in BEG. Useful as a back hook: play BEG onto a word already on the board.
Words with BEG inside
Showing 24 of 44 words that contain BEG somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BEG are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BEG
Common questions about BEG
- Is BEG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BEG, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BEG worth?
- BEG is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BEG mean?
- To ask for something urgently or humbly.
- What letters can be added to BEG?
- BEG takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of BEG:
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