BEGIRT is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. BEGIRT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BEGIRT?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BEGIRT is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BEGIRT
No single letter turns BEGIRT into another word.
How BEGIRT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BEGIRT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 51,100.
What stands out about BEGIRT
- The letters of BEGIRT run in alphabetical order from first to last.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BEGIRT mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicliterary
To have surrounded or encircled something, as a belt or a ring of people or land would.
Begirt is the old past form of begird, which meant to bind with a band or girdle. Writers now use it almost only as a participle in the sense surrounded, as in a castle begirt with walls or an island begirt by the sea. Its flavour is poetic, so it suits scenic description more than plain reporting.
How BEGIRT is used
Literary; mostly a participle with with or by.
- The town was begirt with hills on every side.
- A wide moat had begirt the keep for centuries.
- The island, begirt by reefs, was hard to reach.
- Soldiers begirt the camp before dawn.
- The garden lay begirt by an old stone wall.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BEGIRT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BEGIRT
1 longer words begin with BEGIRT.
Shorter words from the letters in BEGIRT
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Common questions about BEGIRT
- Is BEGIRT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BEGIRT, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BEGIRT worth?
- BEGIRT is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BEGIRT mean?
- To have surrounded or encircled something, as a belt or a ring of people or land would.
- What letters can be added to BEGIRT?
- No single letter can be added to BEGIRT to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BEGIRT:
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