Is BELIEVE valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts BELIEVE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is BELIEVE worth?

BELIEVE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to BELIEVE?

BELIEVE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.

BELIEVE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points

Yes. BELIEVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.

b3e1l1i1e1v4e1

PlayableBELIEVE · 7 letters · 12 pts Scrabble · 15 pts WWF

12points in Scrabble

15points in Words with Friends

7letters

3hooks available

1 in 505,289odds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept BELIEVE?

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: 63 / 100

63WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

1.71

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

full rack

Tile availability 20%

7.57%

Our own measure of how useful BELIEVE is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for BELIEVE

Front hooks — 0

None.

Back hooks — 3

believed14 believer13 believes13

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How BELIEVE scores

Scrabble b3e1l1i1e1v4e1 12

Words with Friends b4e1l2i1e1v5e1 15

Face value of the 7 tiles in BELIEVE, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
b	1	2
e	3	12
l	1	4
i	1	9
v	1	2

Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 505,289.

What does BELIEVE mean in Scrabble?

verb

To accept something as true or to trust that a person is telling the truth.

Believe covers a wide range, from trusting a friend's word to holding a religious faith or simply thinking something is likely. It can also mean having confidence in someone's ability, as when a coach says they believe in the team.

How BELIEVE is used

Used with a clause, a person or the preposition in, for trust, opinion or faith.

I believe you when you say the road was closed.
Many people believe in the value of a daily walk.
She could not believe how quickly the year had passed.
The coach asked the players to believe in themselves.

Written for this site: 1 meaning of BELIEVE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.

Words starting with BELIEVE

believed14 believer13 believes13 believers14

4 longer words begin with BELIEVE.

Shorter words from the letters in BELIEVE

belive11 bevel10 blive10 levee8 lieve8 belee7 belie7 vibe9 evil7 leve7 live7 veil7 vele7 vile7 vlei7 bile6 blee6 bev8 eve6 lev6 vee6 vie6 bee5 bel5 lib5 eel3 lee3 lei3 lie3 be4 bi4 ib4 ee2 el2 li2

Common questions about BELIEVE

Is BELIEVE valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts BELIEVE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is BELIEVE worth?: BELIEVE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
What does BELIEVE mean?: To accept something as true or to trust that a person is telling the truth.
What letters can be added to BELIEVE?: BELIEVE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.

Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BELIEVE:

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