1. Home
  2. Scrabble Dictionary. Word Meaning and Points

Belabour in Scrabble and Meaning

Lookup Word Points and Definitions

What does belabour mean? Is belabour a Scrabble word?

How many points in Scrabble is belabour worth? belabour how many points in Words With Friends? What does belabour mean? Get all these answers on this page.

Scrabble® and Words with Friends® points for belabour

See how to calculate how many points for belabour.

Is belabour a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word belabour is a Scrabble US word. The word belabour is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

B3E1L1A1B3O1U1R1

Is belabour a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word belabour is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

B3E1L1A1B3O1U1R1

Is belabour a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word belabour is a Words With Friends word. The word belabour is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

B4E1L2A1B4O1U2R1

Our tools

Valid words made from Belabour

Jump to...

Results

8-letter words (1 found)

BELABOUR,

7-letter words (4 found)

BARBULE,BELABOR,BOERBUL,RUBEOLA,

6-letter words (13 found)

BARBEL,BAUBLE,BOREAL,BUBALE,BULBAR,BURBLE,EARBOB,LABOUR,LOBBER,LUBBER,RABBLE,ROUBLE,RUBBLE,

5-letter words (31 found)

ABLER,ABORE,ALURE,BABEL,BABUL,BALER,BARBE,BELAR,BEROB,BLAER,BLARE,BLEAR,BLORE,BLUER,BLURB,BOLAR,BORAL,BOREL,BOULE,BRULE,BUBAL,LABOR,LOBAR,LOURE,LUBRA,REALO,ROBLE,ROULE,RUBEL,RUBLE,UREAL,

4-letter words (63 found)

ABBE,ABER,ABLE,AERO,ALBE,ALOE,ARLE,BABE,BABU,BAEL,BALE,BALU,BARB,BARE,BAUR,BEAL,BEAR,BEAU,BLAB,BLAE,BLEB,BLOB,BLUB,BLUE,BLUR,BOAB,BOAR,BOBA,BOLA,BOLE,BORA,BORE,BRAE,BUBA,BUBO,BULB,BURA,BURB,BURL,EARL,EORL,EURO,LAER,LARE,LEAR,LOBE,LORE,LOUR,LUBE,LURE,OLEA,ORAL,ORLE,RALE,REAL,ROBE,ROLE,ROUE,ROUL,RUBE,RULE,URAO,UREA,

3-letter words (50 found)

ABB,ABO,ALB,ALE,ALU,ARB,ARE,AUE,BAE,BAL,BAO,BAR,BEL,BOA,BOB,BOR,BRA,BRO,BRU,BUB,BUR,EAR,EAU,EBB,ERA,LAB,LAR,LEA,LEU,LOB,LOR,LOU,LUR,OAR,OBA,OBE,OLE,ORA,ORB,ORE,OUR,REB,REO,ROB,ROE,RUB,RUE,ULE,URB,URE,

2-letter words (18 found)

AB,AE,AL,AR,BA,BE,BO,EA,EL,ER,LA,LO,OB,OE,OR,OU,RE,UR,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 181 words from belabour according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of belabour

belabour

Alternative forms

  • (US spelling) belabor

Etymology

From be- (“about, around”) +‎ labour. Compare bework, betoil, beswink.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɪˈleɪ.bə/
  • Rhymes: -eɪbə(ɹ)

Verb

belabour (third-person singular simple present belabours, present participle belabouring, simple past and past participle belaboured) (British spelling)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To labour about; labour over; to work hard upon; to ply diligently.
  2. (transitive) To beat or thump (someone) soundly.
    Synonyms: buffet, thrash
    • 1856: Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter X, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
      He saw the village; he was seen coming bending forward upon his horse, belabouring it with great blows, the girths dripping with blood.
  3. (transitive) To attack (someone) verbally.
  4. (transitive) To discuss or explain (something) excessively or repeatedly; to harp on or overelaborate.
    • 1961, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, inaugural speech
      Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belabouring those problems which divide us.

Translations


Source: wiktionary.org