BENAME is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BENAME is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BENAME?
| 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 BENAME is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BENAME
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BENAME scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BENAME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 83,618.
What does BENAME mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaic
To call something by name, or to promise it by naming it.
In old English writing, to bename a person was to mention them by name or to call them something. The prefix be- strengthens the plain verb name, and the form is now long obsolete. A reader finds it only in older texts and in lists of historical words.
How BENAME is used
Archaic; known from older texts and word lists.
- The herald would bename each knight as he entered.
- She refused to bename the thief in front of the court.
- Old poems often bename a hero before telling his deeds.
- He swore to bename the heir at the feast.
- It seemed rude to bename a guest so loudly.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BENAME and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BENAME
The 6 tiles of BENAME in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BENAME
2 longer words begin with BENAME.
Shorter words from the letters in BENAME
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Common questions about BENAME
- Is BENAME valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BENAME, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BENAME worth?
- BENAME is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BENAME mean?
- To call something by name, or to promise it by naming it.
- What letters can be added to BENAME?
- BENAME takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BENAME:
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