BEGIRDLE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BEGIRDLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BEGIRDLE?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BEGIRDLE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BEGIRDLE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BEGIRDLE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BEGIRDLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BEGIRDLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BEGIRDLE mean in Scrabble?
verb
literaryarchaic
To surround or encircle as if with a belt.
Begirdle is a dressed-up relative of girdle and gives a poetic image of a thing wrapped round the middle. Poets use it for walls, rivers or garlands that ring a place.
How BEGIRDLE is used
Begirdle is rare and almost wholly literary.
- Ancient walls begirdle the old town.
- A silver river seemed to begirdle the valley.
- Ivy began to begirdle the stone tower.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BEGIRDLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BEGIRDLE
2 longer words begin with BEGIRDLE.
Shorter words from the letters in BEGIRDLE
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Common questions about BEGIRDLE
- Is BEGIRDLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BEGIRDLE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BEGIRDLE worth?
- BEGIRDLE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BEGIRDLE mean?
- To surround or encircle as if with a belt.
- What letters can be added to BEGIRDLE?
- BEGIRDLE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BEGIRDLE:
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