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Is before a Scrabble word?

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

B3E1F4O1R1E1

Is before a Scrabble UK word?

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

B3E1F4O1R1E1

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Yes. The word before is a Words With Friends word. The word before is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

BEFORE,

5-letter words (1 found)

BOREE,

4-letter words (15 found)

BEEF,BEER,BERE,BORE,BREE,FEEB,FEER,FERE,FORB,FORE,FREE,FROE,ORFE,REEF,ROBE,

3-letter words (21 found)

BEE,BOR,BRO,ERE,ERF,FEE,FER,FOB,FOE,FOR,FRO,OBE,ORB,ORE,ORF,REB,REE,REF,REO,ROB,ROE,

2-letter words (11 found)

BE,BO,EE,EF,ER,FE,OB,OE,OF,OR,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 50 words from before according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of before

before

Alternative forms

  • befo (pronunciation spelling)
  • befo' (pronunciation spelling)
  • b4 (Internet slang)
  • be4 (Internet slang)

Etymology

From Middle English before, bifore (adverb and preposition), from Old English beforan, from be- + foran (“before”), from fore, from Proto-Germanic *furai, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“front”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian befoar (“before”), German Low German bevör (“before”), German bevor (“before”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: bĭfôʹ, IPA(key): /bɪˈfɔː/
  • (General American) enPR: bəfôrʹ, bēfôrʹ, bĭfôrʹ, IPA(key): /bəˈfɔɹ/, /biˈfɔɹ/, /bɪˈfɔɹ/
  • (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: bĭfōrʹ, IPA(key): /bɪˈfo(ː)ɹ/
  • (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /bɪˈfoə/
  • Hyphenation: be‧fore
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)

Preposition

before

  1. Earlier than (in time).
  2. In front of in space.
  3. In the presence of.
    He performed before the troops in North Africa.
    He spoke before a joint session of Congress.
  4. Under consideration, judgment, authority of (someone).
  5. In store for, in the future of (someone).
  6. In front of, according to a formal system of ordering items.
  7. At a higher or greater position than, in a ranking.

Synonyms

  • (earlier than in time): by, no later than, previous to, prior to, ere (obsolete)
  • (in front of in space): ahead of, in front of
  • (in front of according to an ordering system): ahead of

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “earlier than in time”): after, later than
  • (antonym(s) of “in front of in space”): behind
  • (antonym(s) of “in front of according to an ordering system”): after

Translations

Adverb

before (not comparable)

  1. At an earlier time.
  2. In advance.
  3. At the front end.

Synonyms

  • (at an earlier time): previously
  • (in advance): ahead
  • (at the front end): in front

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “at an earlier time”): after
  • (antonym(s) of “at the front end”): behind

Translations

Conjunction

before

  1. In advance of the time when.
  2. (informal) Rather or sooner than.

Synonyms

  • (rather than): lest

Translations

Derived terms

References

  • “before”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • Andrea Tyler and Vyvyan Evans, "Spatial particles of orientation", in The Semantics of English Prepositions: Spatial Scenes, Embodied Meaning and Cognition, Cambridge University Press, 2003, 0-521-81430 8

Anagrams

  • borfee

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