BESEEM is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BESEEM 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 BESEEM?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BESEEM is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BESEEM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
beseemsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BESEEM scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BESEEM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 338,651.
What does BESEEM mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicliterary
To be fitting or proper for a person, or to suit their rank or character.
Beseem is a formal old verb that usually has an abstract thing as its subject and a person as its object, as in the idea that a certain behaviour beseems a gentleman. It is built from the prefix be- and the verb seem, and it once carried the sense of "to look right on someone". Today it survives mainly in elevated writing and in sentences that imitate the language of earlier centuries.
How BESEEM is used
Formal and old-fashioned; usually in the third person, often with ill or well.
- Such rough language does not beseem a person of her standing.
- It would ill beseem a judge to take the gift.
- Modesty will beseem you better than boasting.
- The poet asks what grief can beseem a victor.
- Does this tone beseem the occasion?
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BESEEM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BESEEM
10 longer words begin with BESEEM.
Shorter words from the letters in BESEEM
Common questions about BESEEM
- Is BESEEM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BESEEM, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BESEEM worth?
- BESEEM is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BESEEM mean?
- To be fitting or proper for a person, or to suit their rank or character.
- What letters can be added to BESEEM?
- BESEEM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BESEEM:
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