BELTWAY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. BELTWAY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BELTWAY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BELTWAY is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BELTWAY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
beltwaysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BELTWAY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BELTWAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 771,970.
What does BELTWAY mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
A highway that circles a city so traffic can avoid the centre.
Drivers use a beltway to bypass downtown traffic. In American politics the word also stands for Washington, DC and its insiders. British speakers would say ring road.
How BELTWAY is used
Beltway is American, either for a road or for Washington politics.
- Traffic on the beltway was stuck for an hour.
- The beltway crowd rarely agrees with the voters.
- We took the beltway to avoid the city centre.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BELTWAY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BELTWAY
1 longer words begin with BELTWAY.
Shorter words from the letters in BELTWAY
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Common questions about BELTWAY
- Is BELTWAY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BELTWAY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BELTWAY worth?
- BELTWAY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BELTWAY mean?
- A highway that circles a city so traffic can avoid the centre.
- What letters can be added to BELTWAY?
- BELTWAY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BELTWAY:
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