BELOW is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BELOW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BELOW?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BELOW is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BELOW
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
belowsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BELOW scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BELOW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 49,015.
What stands out about BELOW
- The letters of BELOW run in alphabetical order from first to last.
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BELOW mean in Scrabble?
preposition
At or to a lower place, level, position, or rank than something else; underneath.
Below places one thing at a lower physical level than another, as when a cellar sits below the ground floor or a valley lies below a mountain ridge. The word extends easily into figurative rankings, describing a score below average or an officer below a certain rank in a chain of command. Writers also use below to point readers toward information appearing further down the same page or later in a document, as in the table shown below. On a ship, below simply means down inside the vessel, away from the open deck, a specialized sense sailors use constantly.
How BELOW is used
Below is an everyday word, used for physical position, figurative rank or amount, and references within a text.
- The basement lies below street level.
- His score fell below the class average.
- See the chart below for full details.
- The crew went below to escape the storm.
- A narrow stream ran below the old stone bridge.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BELOW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BELOW
The 5 tiles of BELOW in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with BELOW
4 longer words begin with BELOW.
Words ending in BELOW
3 words end in BELOW. Useful as a back hook: play BELOW onto a word already on the board.
Words with BELOW inside
4 words contain BELOW in the middle. Words that start with BELOW are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BELOW
Common questions about BELOW
- Is BELOW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BELOW, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BELOW worth?
- BELOW is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BELOW mean?
- At or to a lower place, level, position, or rank than something else; underneath.
- What letters can be added to BELOW?
- BELOW takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BELOW:
Open BELOW in the Word Finder