BEVER is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. BEVER 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 BEVER?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BEVER is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BEVER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
beversChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BEVER scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BEVER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 47,530.
What does BEVER mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicdialect
A light meal or snack taken between the main meals of the day.
Farm labourers and schoolboys once took a bever mid-morning or mid-afternoon, a short break for bread, cheese or ale that fell between breakfast, dinner and supper. English also used bever as a verb, meaning simply to snack, and the word survives today only in dialect and old school and estate records.
How BEVER is used
Archaic and regional; found in older records of farm and school life rather than modern speech.
- The reapers stopped for a bever of bread and cheese at eleven.
- Estate accounts list ale bought for the workers' bever.
- Schoolboys once got a bever between morning lessons and lunch.
- She packed a small bever to eat on the long walk home.
- The old custom of a mid-afternoon bever faded with the harvest machines.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BEVER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BEVER
The 5 tiles of BEVER in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BEVER
5 longer words begin with BEVER.
Shorter words from the letters in BEVER
Common questions about BEVER
- Is BEVER valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and BEVER is not in it.
- How many points is BEVER worth?
- BEVER is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BEVER mean?
- A light meal or snack taken between the main meals of the day.
- What letters can be added to BEVER?
- BEVER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BEVER:
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