BEMA is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BEMA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BEMA?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BEMA is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BEMA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BEMA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BEMA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What stands out about BEMA
- The same 4 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 BEMA mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A raised platform in a synagogue or church.
Bema is Greek for a step or raised place and serves in a synagogue as the stand from which the scroll is read. The word is also spelled with an i in the first syllable.
How BEMA is used
Countable. Also spelled bima, bimah.
- The bema stands in the middle rather than at the end.
- The word bema is Greek for a raised step.
- A scroll is read from the bema.
- Two spellings of bema appear in English.
- A bema in an early church served the clergy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BEMA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BEMA
The 4 tiles of BEMA in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with BEMA
19 longer words begin with BEMA.
Words ending in BEMA
1 words end in BEMA. Useful as a back hook: play BEMA onto a word already on the board.
Words with BEMA inside
2 words contain BEMA in the middle. Words that start with BEMA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BEMA
Common questions about BEMA
- Is BEMA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BEMA, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BEMA worth?
- BEMA is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BEMA mean?
- A raised platform in a synagogue or church.
- What letters can be added to BEMA?
- BEMA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BEMA:
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