BELLE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. BELLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BELLE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BELLE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BELLE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BELLE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BELLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 95,060.
What does BELLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A beautiful woman, especially the most admired or attractive woman at a particular event, gathering, or in a particular place.
The phrase "belle of the ball" captures the word's classic use, naming the young woman who draws the most attention and admiration at a dance or social occasion. Belle came into English from French, where it simply means beautiful, and it kept that meaning while narrowing to describe a woman rather than things or ideas in general. Southern belle became a fixed phrase in American English for a fashionable, charming young woman of the American South, especially in older literature and film. Although belle can still be used sincerely, it now often carries a slightly old-fashioned or romanticised tone, evoking earlier eras of formal balls and courtship.
How BELLE is used
Somewhat old-fashioned and literary, often used in the fixed phrases "belle of the ball" and "Southern belle".
- She was the belle of the ball at the graduation dance.
- The novel follows a Southern belle through the years of the Civil War.
- Photographs showed her as the reigning belle of the county fair.
- He courted the town's most celebrated belle for over a year.
- The film romanticises the life of a nineteenth-century belle.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BELLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BELLE
14 longer words begin with BELLE.
Words ending in BELLE
2 words end in BELLE. Useful as a back hook: play BELLE onto a word already on the board.
Words with BELLE inside
Showing 24 of 25 words that contain BELLE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BELLE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BELLE
Common questions about BELLE
- Is BELLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BELLE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BELLE worth?
- BELLE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BELLE mean?
- A beautiful woman, especially the most admired or attractive woman at a particular event, gathering, or in a particular place.
- What letters can be added to BELLE?
- BELLE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BELLE:
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