BEING is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BEING is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BEING?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BEING is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BEING
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
beingsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BEING scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BEING, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,364.
What stands out about BEING
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BEING mean in Scrabble?
noun
A living creature, especially considered as a distinct entity or in relation to existence generally.
Being is used both for concrete individuals, such as a human being or an alien being in a story, and for the abstract fact of existing at all, as in questions about the nature of being itself. Philosophers treat being as one of the largest and hardest words in the language, the subject of entire branches of metaphysics, while ordinary speech uses it far more casually, simply to mean a creature or person. The same word also serves as the present participle of the verb be, as in being late again.
How BEING is used
Countable when it means a creature -- a being, several beings; uncountable and abstract in philosophical use.
- They imagined a being from another world entirely.
- Every human being deserves basic dignity and respect.
- The lecture opened with a question about the nature of being.
- Legends describe the forest spirit as a being made of light.
- She wondered what it means to have a sense of being at all.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BEING and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BEING
The 5 tiles of BEING in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with BEING
4 longer words begin with BEING.
Words ending in BEING
6 words end in BEING. Useful as a back hook: play BEING onto a word already on the board.
Words with BEING inside
4 words contain BEING in the middle. Words that start with BEING are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BEING
Common questions about BEING
- Is BEING valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BEING, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BEING worth?
- BEING is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BEING mean?
- A living creature, especially considered as a distinct entity or in relation to existence generally.
- What letters can be added to BEING?
- BEING takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BEING:
Open BEING in the Word Finder