BETISE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BETISE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BETISE?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BETISE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BETISE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
betisesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BETISE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BETISE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 41,809.
What does BETISE mean in Scrabble?
noun
literaryrare
A foolish or clumsy remark or action, especially one made without thinking.
Betise comes straight from the French betise, itself built on bete, meaning beast or stupid, and English writers borrowed it to describe a blunder that is silly or embarrassing rather than seriously harmful. It suggests a lapse in judgment or tact more than genuine stupidity, the kind of remark someone regrets the moment it leaves their mouth. Because it keeps its French look, betise reads as a slightly literary or old-fashioned word, more at home in a novel of manners than in everyday talk.
How BETISE is used
A rare, bookish word, borrowed from French and found mainly in literary writing about social blunders.
- He committed a real betise by mentioning her divorce at dinner.
- The memoir is full of small betises from her youth.
- Everyone laughed off the betise as an innocent mistake.
- Her betise at the reception became a family joke for years.
- The critic called the remark a betise rather than a genuine insult.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BETISE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BETISE
The 6 tiles of BETISE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BETISE
1 longer words begin with BETISE.
Shorter words from the letters in BETISE
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Common questions about BETISE
- Is BETISE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BETISE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BETISE worth?
- BETISE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BETISE mean?
- A foolish or clumsy remark or action, especially one made without thinking.
- What letters can be added to BETISE?
- BETISE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BETISE:
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