BEGUINE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BEGUINE 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 BEGUINE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BEGUINE is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BEGUINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
beguinesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BEGUINE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BEGUINE, 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 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 187,144.
What does BEGUINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A dance of French West Indian origin resembling the foxtrot, or a member of a lay religious sisterhood in the Low Countries.
The dance sense of beguine was made famous by a 1930s song and its slow, swaying rhythm. The other sense is historical: beguines were women who lived in communities, devoted to prayer and charity but without taking permanent vows.
How BEGUINE is used
Beguine belongs to music writing for the dance and to church history for the sisterhood.
- The band struck up a slow beguine.
- A medieval beguine tended the sick in the town hospital.
- He taught himself the rhythm of the beguine on the piano.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BEGUINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BEGUINE
1 longer words begin with BEGUINE.
Shorter words from the letters in BEGUINE
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Common questions about BEGUINE
- Is BEGUINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BEGUINE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BEGUINE worth?
- BEGUINE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BEGUINE mean?
- A dance of French West Indian origin resembling the foxtrot, or a member of a lay religious sisterhood in the Low Countries.
- What letters can be added to BEGUINE?
- BEGUINE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BEGUINE:
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