BEYLIC is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. BEYLIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BEYLIC?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BEYLIC is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BEYLIC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
beylicsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BEYLIC scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BEYLIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 344,923.
What does BEYLIC mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
The territory or authority of a bey, the governor of a district under Ottoman rule.
A beylic was the province or jurisdiction governed by a bey, and the same word also names the power that the bey held over it. The term belongs to the history of the Ottoman world and its neighbours, where a beylic could range from a small frontier district to a large semi-independent state. Historians also write the word as beylik, which is the form closer to the Turkish original.
How BEYLIC is used
Historical term, used in writing about the Ottoman empire and North Africa.
- The sultan confirmed the new bey as ruler of the beylic.
- Taxes from the beylic were sent each year to the imperial capital.
- A small coastal beylic grew rich on the trade passing through its harbour.
- The historian traced how the beylic gradually slipped out of imperial control.
- Each beylic kept its own army and a court of officials.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BEYLIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BEYLIC
1 longer words begin with BEYLIC.
Shorter words from the letters in BEYLIC
Common questions about BEYLIC
- Is BEYLIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BEYLIC, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BEYLIC worth?
- BEYLIC is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BEYLIC mean?
- The territory or authority of a bey, the governor of a district under Ottoman rule.
- What letters can be added to BEYLIC?
- BEYLIC takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BEYLIC:
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