BET is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. BET is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BET?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BET is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BET
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BET scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in BET, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,123.
What does BET mean in Scrabble?
verb
To risk money on the result of an event.
Bet is thought to be a shortening of abet, although the connection has never been proved, and it turned up in the sixteenth century among gamblers. The noun and the verb arrived at more or less the same time, which is unusual.
How BET is used
The past tense is bet, not betted, in most use.
- He bet on the wrong horse and said so afterwards.
- A bet of that size is not a hobby.
- They are betting on rain and will be disappointed.
- The word bet may be a shortening of abet.
- Two bets on the same race cancel each other out.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BET and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BET
Showing 24 of 168 words that begin with BET.
Words ending in BET
21 words end in BET. Useful as a back hook: play BET onto a word already on the board.
Words with BET inside
Showing 24 of 130 words that contain BET somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BET are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BET
Common questions about BET
- Is BET valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BET, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BET worth?
- BET is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BET mean?
- To risk money on the result of an event.
- What letters can be added to BET?
- BET takes 6 hooks: 2 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of BET:
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