BEL is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. BEL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BEL?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BEL is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BEL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BEL scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in BEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,684.
What does BEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A unit for comparing the power of two signals.
The bel is named after Alexander Graham Bell and is almost never used, because it is too large for anything: every measurement in practice is given in tenths. That tenth is the decibel, which is why the smaller unit is the famous one.
How BEL is used
Countable: one bel, two bels. Rare outside definitions.
- One bel is a tenfold difference in power.
- The bel is too large to be convenient.
- Ten decibels make a bel and nobody says so.
- The bel is named after the inventor of the telephone.
- Nothing in practice is measured in bels.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BEL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BEL
Showing 24 of 271 words that begin with BEL.
Words ending in BEL
22 words end in BEL. Useful as a back hook: play BEL onto a word already on the board.
Words with BEL inside
Showing 24 of 397 words that contain BEL somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BEL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BEL
Common questions about BEL
- Is BEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BEL, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BEL worth?
- BEL is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BEL mean?
- A unit for comparing the power of two signals.
- What letters can be added to BEL?
- BEL takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of BEL:
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