BEY is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BEY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BEY?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BEY is to know. It scores 8 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BEY
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BEY scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in BEY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,369.
What does BEY mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A provincial governor in the Ottoman empire.
Bey was a rank below pasha and above nearly everything else, and it was used as a courtesy title after a name much as mister is used before one. Turkey abolished the ranks in 1934, but the word survived as a polite form of address and still is one.
How BEY is used
Countable: a bey, two beys. Placed after the name.
- The bey governed the province and answered to nobody nearby.
- A bey outranked most of the people who wrote about him.
- The title bey follows the name rather than preceding it.
- Two beys of neighbouring provinces disliked each other publicly.
- The word bey survives as politeness after the rank went.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BEY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BEY
The 3 tiles of BEY in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BEY
7 longer words begin with BEY.
Words ending in BEY
6 words end in BEY. Useful as a back hook: play BEY onto a word already on the board.
Words with BEY inside
22 words contain BEY in the middle. Words that start with BEY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BEY
Common questions about BEY
- Is BEY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BEY, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BEY worth?
- BEY is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BEY mean?
- A provincial governor in the Ottoman empire.
- What letters can be added to BEY?
- BEY takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of BEY:
Open BEY in the Word Finder