Behove in Scrabble and Meaning

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Is behove a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word behove is a Scrabble US word. The word behove is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

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Is behove a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word behove is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

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Is behove a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word behove is a Words With Friends word. The word behove is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

BEHOVE,

5-letter words (2 found)

EVHOE,EVOHE,

4-letter words (3 found)

EVOE,HEBE,HOVE,

3-letter words (9 found)

BEE,BOH,EVE,EVO,HOB,HOE,OBE,VEE,VOE,

2-letter words (9 found)

BE,BO,EE,EH,HE,HO,OB,OE,OH,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 25 words from behove according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of behove

behove

Etymology

From Middle English behoven, bihoven (to be necessary, requisite; to be compelled or required (to do something)), from Old English behōfian (to need; to be necessary), from Proto-Germanic *bihōfōną (advantage, behoof, profit; need), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (to grab, seize). The word is cognate with Old Frisian bihōvia (to need), Dutch behoeven (to need), obsolete German behufen (cf. Behuf), Danish behøve (to need), Norwegian behøve (to need), Swedish behöva (to have use for, to need).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɪˈhəʊv/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /biˈhoʊv/
  • Rhymes: -əʊv
  • Hyphenation: be‧hove

Verb

behove (third-person singular simple present behoves, present participle behoving, simple past and past participle behoved)

  1. (transitive, formal) To befit, to suit.
  2. (transitive, formal) To be necessary for (someone).
  3. (transitive, formal) To be in the best interest of; to benefit.
  4. (intransitive, formal) To be needful, meet or becoming.

Alternative forms

  • behoove (chiefly US)

Derived terms

  • behovable, behoovable

Related terms

Translations

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • byhove, bihove, behoove, behoofe, byhufe, beove

Etymology

From Old English behōfe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biˈhoːv(ə)/

Noun

behove (uncountable)

  1. Benefit, advantage.
  2. Duty.

Usage notes

This term is typically found as part of a dative phrase beginning with to, unto or at; e.g., “to þy behove” means “to your advantage".

Synonyms

  • behofþe

Related terms

References

  • “bihọ̄ve, n. (orig. dative).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 4 April 2018.

Source: wiktionary.org