BESTIALITY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. BESTIALITY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BESTIALITY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BESTIALITY is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BESTIALITY
No single letter turns BESTIALITY into another word.
How BESTIALITY scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in BESTIALITY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BESTIALITY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BESTIALITY mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
Savage, brutal behaviour, or the quality of being like a beast.
In this older sense bestiality stands for cruelty and the loss of everything civilised in a person. Historians and novelists use it to describe the worst acts of war and violence.
How BESTIALITY is used
Bestiality is a strong formal word, appearing mostly in historical and literary writing.
- The report described the bestiality of the massacre.
- The novel shows the bestiality that lies beneath a polite surface.
- Witnesses spoke of the soldiers' bestiality toward prisoners.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BESTIALITY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BESTIALITY
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Common questions about BESTIALITY
- Is BESTIALITY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BESTIALITY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BESTIALITY worth?
- BESTIALITY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BESTIALITY mean?
- Savage, brutal behaviour, or the quality of being like a beast.
- What letters can be added to BESTIALITY?
- No single letter can be added to BESTIALITY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of BESTIALITY:
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