BEHOWL is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. BEHOWL 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 BEHOWL?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BEHOWL is to know. It scores 14 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BEHOWL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
behowlsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BEHOWL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BEHOWL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 388,038.
What does BEHOWL mean in Scrabble?
verb
rare
To howl at something or someone.
Behowl takes the prefix be-, which turns an action into one aimed at a target, and joins it to howl. So a pack of wolves might behowl the moon, directing their cries upward. It is a rare coined-looking verb, seen mostly in word lists and a few poetic passages.
How BEHOWL is used
Rare; found chiefly in word games and poetry.
- The wolves began to behowl the rising moon.
- Dogs in the yard would behowl every passing train.
- The crowd seemed ready to behowl the speaker off the stage.
- In the poem, the wind seems to behowl the empty hills.
- A lonely hound will behowl the sky for hours.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BEHOWL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BEHOWL
3 longer words begin with BEHOWL.
Shorter words from the letters in BEHOWL
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Common questions about BEHOWL
- Is BEHOWL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BEHOWL, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BEHOWL worth?
- BEHOWL is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BEHOWL mean?
- To howl at something or someone.
- What letters can be added to BEHOWL?
- BEHOWL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BEHOWL:
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