BEVUE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. BEVUE 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 BEVUE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BEVUE is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BEVUE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bevuesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BEVUE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BEVUE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 71,295.
What does BEVUE mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
A careless blunder or an inadvertent mistake.
English borrowed bevue directly from French, where it names an oversight made through carelessness rather than ignorance. Writers reach for it when plain words like mistake feel too ordinary for an error that embarrasses the person who made it, though the borrowing never became common outside literary or diplomatic writing.
How BEVUE is used
Rare literary borrowing from French; seldom used outside older or formal English prose.
- The ambassador's bevue at the dinner was the talk of the embassy.
- Correcting the bevue in the report took a full afternoon.
- His careless bevue cost the firm an important client.
- The critic called the ending a bevue that spoiled an otherwise fine novel.
- A single bevue in the treaty text led to months of argument.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BEVUE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BEVUE
1 longer words begin with BEVUE.
Shorter words from the letters in BEVUE
Common questions about BEVUE
- Is BEVUE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and BEVUE is not in it.
- How many points is BEVUE worth?
- BEVUE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BEVUE mean?
- A careless blunder or an inadvertent mistake.
- What letters can be added to BEVUE?
- BEVUE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BEVUE:
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