HOWBEIT is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. HOWBEIT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOWBEIT?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOWBEIT is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOWBEIT
No single letter turns HOWBEIT into another word.
How HOWBEIT scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in HOWBEIT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 385,985.
What does HOWBEIT mean in Scrabble?
adverb
archaic
Nevertheless; however it may be.
Howbeit is a contraction of the old phrase how be it. It sounds like the language of older bibles and legal documents, where it introduces a point that qualifies what came before. Modern writers use however or nevertheless instead.
How HOWBEIT is used
Howbeit is archaic and appears in older prose or deliberate imitation of it.
- The road was long; howbeit, they reached the village before dark.
- He promised nothing, howbeit he would try.
- Howbeit the rain fell, the festival went on.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOWBEIT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HOWBEIT
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Common questions about HOWBEIT
- Is HOWBEIT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOWBEIT, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOWBEIT worth?
- HOWBEIT is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOWBEIT mean?
- Nevertheless; however it may be.
- What letters can be added to HOWBEIT?
- No single letter can be added to HOWBEIT to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of HOWBEIT:
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