BELABOUR is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BELABOUR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BELABOUR?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BELABOUR is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BELABOUR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
belaboursChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BELABOUR scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BELABOUR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BELABOUR has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BELABOUR mean in Scrabble?
verb
British
To attack someone physically or verbally, or to dwell on a subject in excessive detail.
To belabour a point is to keep hammering at it long after the audience has understood, while to belabour a person is to beat or berate them heavily. The British spelling keeps the u of labour.
How BELABOUR is used
Belabour is most often seen in the phrase belabour the point.
- I will not belabour the point any further.
- The critic chose to belabour the film flaws.
- The coach would belabour the team for every mistake.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BELABOUR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BELABOUR
3 longer words begin with BELABOUR.
Shorter words from the letters in BELABOUR
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Common questions about BELABOUR
- Is BELABOUR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BELABOUR, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BELABOUR worth?
- BELABOUR is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BELABOUR mean?
- To attack someone physically or verbally, or to dwell on a subject in excessive detail.
- What letters can be added to BELABOUR?
- BELABOUR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BELABOUR:
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