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Is beget a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word beget is a Scrabble US word. The word beget is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is beget a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word beget is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

B3E1G2E1T1

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Yes. The word beget is a Words With Friends word. The word beget is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (1 found)

BEGET,

4-letter words (2 found)

BEET,BETE,

3-letter words (7 found)

BEE,BEG,BET,GEE,GET,TEE,TEG,

2-letter words (4 found)

BE,EE,ET,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 15 words from beget according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of beget

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Definitions and meaning of beget

beget

Etymology

From Middle English begeten [influenced by Old Norse geta ("to get, to guess")], from Old English beġietan (to get), from Proto-Germanic *bigetaną (to find, seize), equivalent to be- +‎ get. Cognate with Old Saxon bigetan (to find, seize), Old High German bigezan (to gain, achieve, win, procure).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /biˈɡɛt/, /bɪˈɡɛt/, /bəˈɡɛt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Verb

beget (third-person singular simple present begets, present participle begetting, simple past begot or (archaic) begat, past participle begotten or (rare) begot) (transitive)

  1. To father; to sire; to produce (a child).
  2. To cause; to produce.
  3. To bring forth.
  4. (UK dialectal) To happen to; befall.

Derived terms

  • begetter
  • begetting
  • begotten

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See also

  • be born
  • give birth

References

  • “beget”, in The Century Dictionary [], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “beget”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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