BEHOVE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. BEHOVE 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 BEHOVE?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BEHOVE is to know. It scores 14 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BEHOVE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BEHOVE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BEHOVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 282,209.
What does BEHOVE mean in Scrabble?
verb
formalliterary
To be right, fitting or necessary for someone to do something.
Behove is used with it as its subject, as in it behoves you to be careful, and it points to a duty or what is proper. The verb has a formal, old-fashioned tone that suits speeches and serious writing. A spelling with a double o, behoove, exists beside it, and North American writers favour that form.
How BEHOVE is used
Formal or literary; almost always with the dummy subject it.
- It will behove you to apologise before the meeting ends.
- Doth it not behove a leader to listen first?
- It would behove the council to act without delay.
- Such conduct does not behove a person of your standing.
- Well might it behove them to be cautious.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BEHOVE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BEHOVE
4 longer words begin with BEHOVE.
Shorter words from the letters in BEHOVE
Common questions about BEHOVE
- Is BEHOVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BEHOVE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BEHOVE worth?
- BEHOVE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BEHOVE mean?
- To be right, fitting or necessary for someone to do something.
- What letters can be added to BEHOVE?
- BEHOVE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BEHOVE:
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