BEKISS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BEKISS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BEKISS?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BEKISS is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BEKISS
No single letter turns BEKISS into another word.
How BEKISS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BEKISS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 919,794.
What does BEKISS mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicliterary
To cover a person or a face with kisses, or to kiss someone over and over.
Bekiss is built from the intensifying prefix be- and the verb kiss, and the prefix gives it a sense of thoroughness, as if no spot were left untouched. You will meet it almost only in poetry, old-style romance and playful writing. Everyday English simply says that someone covered another person with kisses.
How BEKISS is used
Literary and rare; used for a deliberately old-fashioned or affectionate effect.
- The old poem has the lover bekiss her hands at the gate.
- She would bekiss the baby's cheeks until he squealed.
- In the play he swears to bekiss every step of the stair she climbed.
- A writer in a hurry may bekiss a character in one line and forget it.
- They came home and began to bekiss the whole family in turn.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BEKISS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BEKISS
3 longer words begin with BEKISS.
Shorter words from the letters in BEKISS
Common questions about BEKISS
- Is BEKISS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BEKISS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BEKISS worth?
- BEKISS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BEKISS mean?
- To cover a person or a face with kisses, or to kiss someone over and over.
- What letters can be added to BEKISS?
- No single letter can be added to BEKISS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BEKISS:
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