BEHAVE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. BEHAVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BEHAVE?
| 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 BEHAVE is to know. It scores 14 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BEHAVE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BEHAVE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BEHAVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 250,853.
What does BEHAVE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To act or conduct oneself in a particular way, especially in a proper and polite manner.
To behave means to carry yourself in some manner, good or bad, as in behave well or behave badly. On its own, as an order to a child, it asks for good manners. The verb extends to things as well as people, so a machine, a chemical or an animal can behave in a certain way under given conditions.
How BEHAVE is used
Very common; also used in the reflexive phrase behave yourself.
- The children promised to behave during the long ceremony.
- Metal can behave strangely at very low temperatures.
- You must behave yourself at your grandmother's house.
- How did the new engine behave on the first test?
- If you behave, you may stay up a little later.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BEHAVE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BEHAVE
4 longer words begin with BEHAVE.
Shorter words from the letters in BEHAVE
Common questions about BEHAVE
- Is BEHAVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BEHAVE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BEHAVE worth?
- BEHAVE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BEHAVE mean?
- To act or conduct oneself in a particular way, especially in a proper and polite manner.
- What letters can be added to BEHAVE?
- BEHAVE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BEHAVE:
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