BEGRIME is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BEGRIME 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 BEGRIME?
| 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: 58 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BEGRIME is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BEGRIME
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BEGRIME scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BEGRIME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 374,288.
What does BEGRIME mean in Scrabble?
verb
To make something dirty by covering it with ingrained soot or dirt.
Begrime suggests dirt that has sunk in rather than a light smudge, as on a factory wall or a miner's hands. It is a more vivid cousin of the plain word dirty and appears mostly in descriptive writing.
How BEGRIME is used
Used for staining surfaces or people with deep-set grime, chiefly in descriptive prose.
- Years of coal smoke began to begrime the brick houses.
- The long hike did not begrime his spirit, though it ruined his boots.
- Heavy traffic will begrime the white stone of the monument.
- Oil and dust would soon begrime the new overalls.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BEGRIME and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BEGRIME
2 longer words begin with BEGRIME.
Shorter words from the letters in BEGRIME
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Common questions about BEGRIME
- Is BEGRIME valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BEGRIME, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BEGRIME worth?
- BEGRIME is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BEGRIME mean?
- To make something dirty by covering it with ingrained soot or dirt.
- What letters can be added to BEGRIME?
- BEGRIME takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BEGRIME:
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