BERIME is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BERIME is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BERIME?
| 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 BERIME 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 BERIME
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BERIME scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BERIME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 83,618.
What stands out about BERIME
- The same 6 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 BERIME mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaic
To celebrate or compose something in rhyming verse.
Berime belongs to the family of old English verbs built with the prefix be-, which turns a plain action into something done thoroughly or to a subject. A writer who berimed a person or an event wrote verses about them, often with a hint of mockery. The word is a spelling twin of berhyme and turns up almost only in older satirical writing.
How BERIME is used
Archaic; found in older literary prose and in word lists rather than in current speech.
- The court poet agreed to berime the king's return from the wars.
- He would berime every guest at the dinner before the night was out.
- Few writers today would berime a neighbour in such a spiteful way.
- She tried to berime the whole voyage in a single long ballad.
- To berime a rival was once a favourite sport among pamphleteers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BERIME and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BERIME
The 6 tiles of BERIME in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with BERIME
2 longer words begin with BERIME.
Shorter words from the letters in BERIME
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Common questions about BERIME
- Is BERIME valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BERIME, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BERIME worth?
- BERIME is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BERIME mean?
- To celebrate or compose something in rhyming verse.
- What letters can be added to BERIME?
- BERIME takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BERIME:
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