BIEN is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. BIEN 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 6 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept BIEN?
| 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 | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BIEN is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BIEN
No single letter turns BIEN into another word.
How BIEN scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BIEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,026.
What stands out about BIEN
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BIEN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Scotsdialect
Comfortable, pleasant and well off; snug and prosperous.
Bien describes a home, a life or a person marked by modest comfort rather than luxury, the kind of cottage that is warm, tidy and never short of what it needs. The word comes from Scots and is close in sound and sense to the standard English phrase at ease, though it survives now mainly in Scottish speech and older writing.
How BIEN is used
Regional Scots usage; rare outside Scottish dialect writing.
- They kept a bien little house at the edge of the village.
- Her grandmother spoke of bien days before the war.
- The farm looked bien, with full barns and a mended fence.
- He described his childhood home as small but bien.
- A bien fire and a full larder were all they asked for.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BIEN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BIEN
The 4 tiles of BIEN in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with BIEN
10 longer words begin with BIEN.
Words with BIEN inside
9 words contain BIEN in the middle. Words that start with BIEN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BIEN
Common questions about BIEN
- Is BIEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BIEN, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BIEN worth?
- BIEN is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BIEN mean?
- Comfortable, pleasant and well off; snug and prosperous.
- What letters can be added to BIEN?
- No single letter can be added to BIEN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BIEN:
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