BESET is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. BESET is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BESET?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BESET is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BESET
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
besetsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BESET scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BESET, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 23,765.
What stands out about BESET
- The same 5 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 BESET mean in Scrabble?
verb
To trouble, harass, or surround persistently, especially with difficulties, dangers, or unwelcome thoughts.
A plan that is beset with problems is not simply difficult once; the setbacks keep arriving from several directions at once, which is what separates beset from a milder word like troubled. The verb often appears in its past participle form, beset, describing a traveller beset by storms or a project beset by delays rather than a single completed action. Its Old English root is related to the idea of setting something around a person or thing, so the modern sense of being surrounded by trouble grew naturally out of an older sense of literal encirclement.
How BESET is used
Common in both everyday and formal writing, almost always describing ongoing difficulties, dangers, or doubts rather than a single event.
- The expedition was beset by blizzards from the moment it left base camp.
- Doubts beset her in the days before the interview.
- A country beset with debt struggles to invest in its own future.
- Beset on every side by rivals, the small shop still managed to survive.
- He felt besetting worry every time the phone rang late at night.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BESET and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BESET
The 5 tiles of BESET in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with BESET
6 longer words begin with BESET.
Shorter words from the letters in BESET
Common questions about BESET
- Is BESET valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BESET, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BESET worth?
- BESET is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BESET mean?
- To trouble, harass, or surround persistently, especially with difficulties, dangers, or unwelcome thoughts.
- What letters can be added to BESET?
- BESET takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BESET:
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