BEWET is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. BEWET 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 BEWET?
| 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 BEWET 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 BEWET
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bewetsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BEWET scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BEWET, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 47,530.
What does BEWET mean in Scrabble?
verb
obsolete
To make wet, or to moisten something.
Bewet follows the common old pattern of adding be- to a plain adjective, wet, to form a verb of causing that state, the same way beloved and bewitched were built. Rain, tears or spray were all said to bewet whatever they fell on, and the word has since been entirely replaced by wet used as a verb on its own.
How BEWET is used
Obsolete; appears only in older texts, never in current English writing.
- Tears did bewet the letter before she finished reading it.
- A sudden shower would bewet the hay before it could be gathered.
- Sea spray began to bewet the passengers standing at the rail.
- The old poem says dew will bewet the grass before dawn.
- His brow was bewet with sweat long before the race ended.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BEWET and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BEWET
3 longer words begin with BEWET.
Shorter words from the letters in BEWET
Common questions about BEWET
- Is BEWET valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and BEWET is not in it.
- How many points is BEWET worth?
- BEWET is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BEWET mean?
- To make wet, or to moisten something.
- What letters can be added to BEWET?
- BEWET takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BEWET:
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