BELADY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BELADY 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 BELADY?
| 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 BELADY is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BELADY
No single letter turns BELADY into another word.
How BELADY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BELADY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What does BELADY mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicrare
To address or style a woman as a lady, or to give her the title of lady.
Belady is a rare coinage from be- and lady, in the same family as words such as bemadam. Belady turns up in old comic writing where a speaker piles on titles to flatter or tease someone. It is far too uncommon to appear in ordinary conversation today.
How BELADY is used
Very rare; mainly of interest to word-game players and readers of older prose.
- The innkeeper would belady every traveller who wore a fine hat.
- Do not belady me, the cook said, I scrub pots for a living.
- In the farce the footman begins to belady the maid.
- They chose to belady her at every turn to win her favour.
- He could belady a washerwoman as easily as a duchess.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BELADY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BELADY
The 6 tiles of BELADY in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BELADY
1 longer words begin with BELADY.
Shorter words from the letters in BELADY
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Common questions about BELADY
- Is BELADY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BELADY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BELADY worth?
- BELADY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BELADY mean?
- To address or style a woman as a lady, or to give her the title of lady.
- What letters can be added to BELADY?
- No single letter can be added to BELADY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BELADY:
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