BETTY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. BETTY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept BETTY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BETTY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BETTY
No single letter turns BETTY into another word.
How BETTY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BETTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 104,566.
What stands out about BETTY
- The letters of BETTY run in alphabetical order from first to last.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BETTY mean in Scrabble?
noun
slang
A short crowbar or lever used by thieves to force open doors and locks.
Away from the personal name, betty is old thieves' slang for a small, sturdy iron bar carried to prise open a door or window during a break-in. It belongs to the same underworld vocabulary as jemmy, a near synonym still heard in British English for the same tool.
How BETTY is used
Slang, chiefly historical British criminal usage; largely replaced today by jemmy.
- The burglar hid a betty under his coat before climbing the fence.
- Police found a betty and a set of picks in the stolen car.
- The old report describes forcing the shutter with a betty.
- A well-worn betty lay among the tools seized from the gang.
- He carried a betty short enough to fit inside his boot.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BETTY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BETTY
Common questions about BETTY
- Is BETTY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and BETTY is not in it.
- How many points is BETTY worth?
- BETTY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BETTY mean?
- A short crowbar or lever used by thieves to force open doors and locks.
- What letters can be added to BETTY?
- No single letter can be added to BETTY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BETTY:
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