BELAH is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. BELAH is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept BELAH?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BELAH is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BELAH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
belahsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BELAH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BELAH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does BELAH mean in Scrabble?
noun
Australianbotany
An Australian tree of the Casuarina genus, also known as beefwood, valued for its hard timber.
Belah grows widely across inland Australia and is one of several she-oak relatives that Aboriginal languages contributed to Australian English vocabulary. The wood is dense and durable, which made belah useful for tool handles and fence posts on early farms. The related spelling belar names the same tree.
How BELAH is used
Regional Australian English, chiefly in botany, farming and place names.
- The paddock was fenced with posts cut from local belah trees.
- Belah timber was prized by settlers for its hardness and weight.
- A stand of belah shaded the old homestead from the afternoon sun.
- The botanist listed belah alongside other Casuarina species of the region.
- Early maps mark a creek named after the belah growing along its banks.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BELAH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BELAH
The 5 tiles of BELAH in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BELAH
1 longer words begin with BELAH.
Shorter words from the letters in BELAH
Common questions about BELAH
- Is BELAH valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and BELAH is not in it.
- How many points is BELAH worth?
- BELAH is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BELAH mean?
- An Australian tree of the Casuarina genus, also known as beefwood, valued for its hard timber.
- What letters can be added to BELAH?
- BELAH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BELAH:
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