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Is because a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word because is a Scrabble US word. The word because is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is because a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word because is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

B3E1C3A1U1S1E1

Is because a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word because is a Words With Friends word. The word because is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

B4E1C4A1U2S1E1

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7-letter words (1 found)

BECAUSE,

6-letter words (1 found)

ABCEES,

5-letter words (9 found)

ABCEE,ABUSE,BEAUS,CAESE,CAUSE,CEASE,CUBES,SAUCE,SCUBA,

4-letter words (20 found)

ACES,AESC,BACS,BAES,BASE,BEAU,BEES,CABS,CASE,CEAS,CEES,CUBE,CUBS,CUES,EASE,EAUS,ECUS,SABE,SCAB,SUBA,

3-letter words (26 found)

ABS,ACE,AUE,BAC,BAE,BAS,BEE,BES,BUS,CAB,CEE,CUB,CUE,EAS,EAU,ECU,SAB,SAC,SAE,SAU,SEA,SEC,SEE,SUB,SUE,USE,

2-letter words (9 found)

AB,AE,AS,BA,BE,EA,EE,ES,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 67 words from because according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of because

because

Alternative forms

  • (obsolete) bycause, (dialectal) becos
  • (slang) 'cause, cos, cuz, coz, 'cos, 'cuz, 'coz, b/c, bc, bcos, bcoz, bcs, bcus
  • (logic) ∵

Etymology

From Middle English bi cause, from bi (“by”) + cause, modelled on Old French par cause.

Pronunciation

  • (stressed)
    • (UK) IPA(key): /bɪˈkɒz/, /bɪˈkʌz/
    • (UK, dated) IPA(key): /bɪˈkɔːz/
    • (US) IPA(key): /biˈkɔz/, /biˈkʌz/, /bəˈkɔz/, /bəˈkʌz/, /bɪˈkɔz/, /bɪˈkʌz/
    • (New England, obsolete) IPA(key): /bɪˈkeɪz/
  • (unstressed)
    • IPA(key): /bɪkəz/
  • Hyphenation: be‧cause
  • Rhymes: -ɒz, -ʌz

Adverb

because (not comparable)

  1. For the reason (that).
  2. On account (of), for sake (of).
  3. (by ellipsis) Used alone to refuse to provide a full answer a question begun with "why", usually taken as an anapodoton of the elided full phrase "Because I said so".

Derived terms

  • because of
  • because one can
  • because you say so
  • just because
  • no because

Translations

Conjunction

because

  1. By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that.
  2. As is known, inferred, or determined from the fact that.
  3. (obsolete) So that, in order that. [15th–17th c.]

Synonyms

  • (for the reason that): therefore, since, for, for that, forthy, for sake, forwhy (obsolete), as, inasmuch as, sith (obsolete), ∵ (mathematics symbol); see also Thesaurus:because

Derived terms

Translations

Preposition

because

  1. (colloquial, Internet slang) On account of, because of. [from 20th c. or before]

Derived terms

  • because reasons

References

  • Bingham, Caleb (1808) “Improprieties in Pronunciation, common among the people of New-England”, in The Child's Companion; Being a Conciſe Spelling-book […] ‎[2], 12th edition, Boston: Manning & Loring, →OCLC, page 74.
  • Glossa, volume 17 (1997), page 175: cf. Emonds 1976:175 on the analysis of Modern English because as a preposition introducing a clause

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English because.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bi.koz/

Preposition

because

  1. (colloquial) Synonym of à cause de (“because of”)
    La fenêtre était ouverte because la chaleur aoûtienne, si moite. ― The window was open because of the muggy August heat.

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