BERAY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. BERAY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept BERAY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BERAY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BERAY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
beraysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BERAY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BERAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What stands out about BERAY
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 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 BERAY mean in Scrabble?
verb
obsolete
To make foul, soil or defile something.
Older English used beray for dirtying clothing, a room or a reputation, roughly where modern speakers would say soil or besmirch. The verb has dropped entirely out of use, surviving now only in old texts and Scrabble word lists, though its structure, a be- prefix attached to an old root meaning to defile, matches many other obsolete English verbs.
How BERAY is used
Obsolete; appears only in historical or antiquarian English, not in current speech.
- The pamphlet accused the minister of trying to beray his rival's name.
- Mud from the road would beray any traveller's cloak by evening.
- The old sermon warns against words that beray a clean conscience.
- Spilled ink did beray the whole page before he noticed.
- She feared the scandal would beray the family for a generation.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BERAY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BERAY
The 5 tiles of BERAY in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with BERAY
3 longer words begin with BERAY.
Shorter words from the letters in BERAY
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Common questions about BERAY
- Is BERAY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and BERAY is not in it.
- How many points is BERAY worth?
- BERAY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BERAY mean?
- To make foul, soil or defile something.
- What letters can be added to BERAY?
- BERAY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BERAY:
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