BES is a valid Scrabble word, but not in Words with Friends — 5 points
Yes for Scrabble. BES is in Collins and in the North American lists, so it stands in any Scrabble game. Words with Friends keeps a separate list and does not accept it.
Which word lists accept BES?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BES is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BES
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How BES scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in BES, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,684.
What does BES mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
The second letter of the Hebrew alphabet, a variant spelling of beth.
Bes shows up mainly in older transliteration tables and crossword-style word lists rather than in modern writing about the alphabet itself, since current style guides prefer beth outright. The same consonant, going back to a shared Semitic root, also appears under related names in Aramaic and Phoenician script charts. Editors of older reference books used bes as a plain ASCII-friendly stand-in when printing presses struggled with Hebrew characters directly.
How BES is used
Used in transliteration and word-reference contexts rather than everyday writing.
- The chart listed bes as the second character in the alphabet.
- He traced the shape of bes carefully in his notebook.
- The old grammar used bes where modern texts write beth.
- Students practised writing bes before moving to the next letter.
- The inscription began with a worn but legible bes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BES and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BES
Showing 24 of 366 words that begin with BES.
Words ending in BES
Showing 24 of 169 words that end in BES. Useful as a back hook: play BES onto a word already on the board.
Words with BES inside
Showing 24 of 129 words that contain BES somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BES are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BES
Common questions about BES
- Is BES valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and BES is not in it.
- How many points is BES worth?
- BES is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BES mean?
- The second letter of the Hebrew alphabet, a variant spelling of beth.
- What letters can be added to BES?
- BES takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of BES:
Open BES in the Word Finder