BESHAME is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. BESHAME is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BESHAME?
| 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: 59 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BESHAME is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BESHAME
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BESHAME scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BESHAME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 842,149.
What does BESHAME mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaic
To fill someone with shame or bring disgrace on them.
The be- prefix makes the action total, so to beshame is to cover a person in shame. It lives in older literature and has been replaced by "shame" or "disgrace".
How BESHAME is used
Beshame is archaic and is met only in old texts.
- His cowardice would beshame the whole family.
- Do not beshame your name by lying.
- The chronicler wrote that the defeat did beshame the army.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BESHAME and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BESHAME
2 longer words begin with BESHAME.
Shorter words from the letters in BESHAME
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Common questions about BESHAME
- Is BESHAME valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BESHAME, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BESHAME worth?
- BESHAME is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BESHAME mean?
- To fill someone with shame or bring disgrace on them.
- What letters can be added to BESHAME?
- BESHAME takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BESHAME:
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