BETAKE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BETAKE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BETAKE?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BETAKE is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BETAKE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BETAKE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BETAKE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 167,235.
What does BETAKE mean in Scrabble?
verb
formalliterary
To go somewhere, or to take oneself to a place or to a course of action.
Betake is nearly always followed by oneself, as in betake yourself to bed, and it carries a note of deliberate movement. It can also mean to resort to something, for example to betake oneself to prayer when other help has failed. The past form betook is the one readers meet most often in older novels, while the base form feels elevated in modern writing.
How BETAKE is used
Formal and literary; usually used with a reflexive pronoun.
- After supper they betake themselves to the library.
- Tired of the noise, he decided to betake himself to the hills.
- You may betake yourself to the kitchen and wait there.
- In times of trouble the villagers betake themselves to the chapel.
- She would betake herself to her letters each evening.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BETAKE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BETAKE
2 longer words begin with BETAKE.
Shorter words from the letters in BETAKE
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Common questions about BETAKE
- Is BETAKE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BETAKE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BETAKE worth?
- BETAKE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BETAKE mean?
- To go somewhere, or to take oneself to a place or to a course of action.
- What letters can be added to BETAKE?
- BETAKE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BETAKE:
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