BERE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. BERE 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 6 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept BERE?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BERE is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 8.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BERE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BERE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BERE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,951.
What stands out about BERE
- 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 BERE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scotsdialect
A hardy variety of six-rowed barley traditionally grown in Scotland and other northern regions.
Bere is one of the oldest cereal crops still cultivated in Britain, valued for growing well in poor soil and short northern summers, and once used widely for bread, ale and animal feed on the Scottish islands. The word survives today mainly in place names and in the small-scale farming that still grows this old strain of barley.
How BERE is used
Historical and regional agricultural term, chiefly associated with Orkney and the Scottish islands.
- Farmers on the island still grow a small field of bere each year.
- Bere bannocks were once a staple of the local diet.
- The mill was built to grind bere into meal.
- Bere survived in Orkney long after other regions abandoned it.
- Old records list bere among the crops paid as rent.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BERE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BERE
The 4 tiles of BERE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with BERE
17 longer words begin with BERE.
Words ending in BERE
1 words end in BERE. Useful as a back hook: play BERE onto a word already on the board.
Words with BERE inside
Showing 24 of 96 words that contain BERE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BERE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BERE
Common questions about BERE
- Is BERE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and BERE is not in it.
- How many points is BERE worth?
- BERE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BERE mean?
- A hardy variety of six-rowed barley traditionally grown in Scotland and other northern regions.
- What letters can be added to BERE?
- BERE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BERE:
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