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Is begird a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word begird is a Scrabble US word. The word begird is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

B3E1G2I1R1D2

Is begird a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word begird is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

B3E1G2I1R1D2

Is begird a Words With Friends word?

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

B4E1G3I1R1D2

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6-letter words (2 found)

BEGIRD,BRIDGE,

5-letter words (10 found)

BIDER,BREID,BRIDE,DERIG,DIRGE,GIBED,GIBER,GRIDE,REBID,RIDGE,

4-letter words (18 found)

BERG,BIDE,BIER,BIRD,BRED,BREI,BRIE,BRIG,DIEB,DIRE,DREG,DRIB,GIBE,GIED,GIRD,GRID,IRED,RIDE,

3-letter words (25 found)

BED,BEG,BID,BIG,DEB,DEG,DEI,DIB,DIE,DIG,ERG,GED,GER,GIB,GID,GIE,IDE,IRE,REB,RED,REG,REI,RIB,RID,RIG,

2-letter words (9 found)

BE,BI,DE,DI,ED,ER,GI,ID,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 65 words from begird according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of begird

begird

Etymology

From Middle English begirden, from Old English begyrdan (“to gird, clothe, surround, fortify”), from Proto-Germanic *bi- + *gurdijaną (“to gird”), equivalent to be- +‎ gird. Cognate with Old High German begurtjan (“to begird”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰𐌽 (bigairdan, “to begird”). More at be-, gird.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d

Verb

begird (third-person singular simple present begirds, present participle begirding, simple past and past participle begirt or begirded)

  1. (transitive, archaic) To bind with a band or girdle; to gird.
    • 1876, William Morris (translator), The Æneids of Virgil, London: Ellis & White, Book 5, line 364, p. 130,[1]
      Let him come forth to raise his arm with hide-begirded hand.
  2. (transitive, archaic) To encircle, surround, as with a gird; enclose; encompass.
    • 1717, Arthur Maynwaring (translator), Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books, London: Jacob Tonson, Book 5, “The Story of Perseus continu’d,” p. 148,[3]
      Perseus begirt, from all around they pour
      Their Lances on him, a tempestuous Show’r,
      Aim’d all at him […]

Usage notes

Rare in forms other than the past participle/simple past begirt.

Translations

Anagrams

  • BIRGed, Bridge, bridge

Source: wiktionary.org