BEGUILE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BEGUILE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BEGUILE?
| 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 BEGUILE is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BEGUILE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BEGUILE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BEGUILE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 280,716.
What does BEGUILE mean in Scrabble?
verb
literary
To charm or enchant someone, often by trickery, or to pass time agreeably.
To beguile someone is to win them over by charm, sometimes leading them to do what they would not do otherwise. The older sense of pleasantly filling spare hours is still met in writing about music, books and long journeys.
How BEGUILE is used
Beguile is a literary verb, often found in the phrase "beguile someone into" doing something.
- The salesman tried to beguile her into signing.
- A soft melody can beguile a long evening.
- The fairy tale tells how the singer would beguile travellers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BEGUILE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BEGUILE
6 longer words begin with BEGUILE.
Shorter words from the letters in BEGUILE
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Common questions about BEGUILE
- Is BEGUILE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BEGUILE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BEGUILE worth?
- BEGUILE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BEGUILE mean?
- To charm or enchant someone, often by trickery, or to pass time agreeably.
- What letters can be added to BEGUILE?
- BEGUILE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BEGUILE:
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