BESOM is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. BESOM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BESOM?
| 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 BESOM is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BESOM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
besomsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BESOM scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BESOM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 49,015.
What stands out about BESOM
- 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 BESOM mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicliterarydialect
A broom made of a bundle of twigs bound tightly around a wooden handle, of the kind traditionally used for sweeping.
Before manufactured bristle brooms became common, households and farmyards swept with a besom made simply from birch, heather or other flexible twigs lashed around a stick, a design still occasionally used today for outdoor sweeping. Folk custom and fiction closely associate the besom with witches, who are traditionally pictured riding one through the night sky, a stock image that keeps the word alive in fairy tales and Halloween decoration long after the tool itself became old-fashioned. English regional dialect also uses besom as a mildly disapproving term for a troublesome or forward woman or girl, a figurative sense with no obvious connection to sweeping. Gardeners and groundskeepers in Britain sometimes still favor a besom over a modern broom for clearing leaves or moss from paths, valuing its light, springy sweep.
How BESOM is used
Archaic and literary, chiefly British and dialect; met in folklore, fairy tales and older or regional writing rather than everyday modern speech.
- The old woman swept the yard with a worn besom.
- Storybooks picture the witch flying on her besom at midnight.
- He called her a cheeky besom and laughed.
- The groundskeeper cleared wet leaves from the path with a besom.
- A besom of birch twigs leaned against the cottage wall.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BESOM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BESOM
The 5 tiles of BESOM in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with BESOM
3 longer words begin with BESOM.
Shorter words from the letters in BESOM
Common questions about BESOM
- Is BESOM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BESOM, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BESOM worth?
- BESOM is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BESOM mean?
- A broom made of a bundle of twigs bound tightly around a wooden handle, of the kind traditionally used for sweeping.
- What letters can be added to BESOM?
- BESOM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BESOM:
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