BELAUD is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. BELAUD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BELAUD?
| 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 BELAUD is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BELAUD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
belaudsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BELAUD scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BELAUD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 86,231.
What does BELAUD mean in Scrabble?
verb
rare
To heap on more praise than is needed, often to the point where the flattery itself becomes the subject.
Belaud adds the intensifying prefix be- to laud, so it suggests praise that is piled on rather than measured. The word often carries a slightly ironic note, as when critics belaud a book that the writer sees as ordinary. It is uncommon in speech but useful for readers of older prose.
How BELAUD is used
Rare and a little wry; normally used of excessive flattery.
- The newspapers continued to belaud the young pianist.
- Friends came to belaud his new house though it was small.
- She did not wish to belaud her own work.
- Reviewers were quick to belaud the film.
- Why belaud a plan that nobody has tried?
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BELAUD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BELAUD
3 longer words begin with BELAUD.
Shorter words from the letters in BELAUD
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Common questions about BELAUD
- Is BELAUD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BELAUD, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BELAUD worth?
- BELAUD is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BELAUD mean?
- To heap on more praise than is needed, often to the point where the flattery itself becomes the subject.
- What letters can be added to BELAUD?
- BELAUD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BELAUD:
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