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Is benefit a Scrabble word?

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

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Is benefit a Scrabble UK word?

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

B3E1N1E1F4I1T1

Is benefit a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word benefit is a Words With Friends word. The word benefit is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

B4E1N2E1F4I1T1

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7-letter words (1 found)

BENEFIT,

5-letter words (4 found)

BEFIT,BENET,FEINT,FIENT,

4-letter words (30 found)

BEEF,BEEN,BEET,BEIN,BENE,BENI,BENT,BETE,BIEN,BINE,BINT,BITE,EINE,ETEN,FEEB,FEEN,FEET,FENI,FENT,FETE,FINE,NEIF,NETE,NIEF,NIFE,NITE,TEEN,TEIN,TENE,TINE,

3-letter words (27 found)

BEE,BEN,BET,BIN,BIT,EEN,EFT,ENE,FEE,FEN,FET,FIB,FIE,FIN,FIT,NEB,NEE,NEF,NET,NIB,NIE,NIT,TEE,TEF,TEN,TIE,TIN,

2-letter words (13 found)

BE,BI,EE,EF,EN,ET,FE,IF,IN,IT,NE,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 76 words from benefit according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of benefit

benefit

Alternative forms

  • benefite (obsolete)

Etymology

From Late Middle English benefytt, benefett, alteration (due to Latin bene-) of benfet, bienfet, bienfait (“good or noble deed”), from Anglo-Norman benfet (“well-done”), Middle French bienfait, from Old French bienfet, bienfait (“foredeal, favour”), from past participle of bienfaire (“to do good, do well”), from bien (“well”) + faire (“to do”), modelled after Latin benefactum (“good deed”). More at benefactor.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɛn.ɪ.fɪt/
  • (US) enPR: bĕn'əfĭt, IPA(key): /ˈbɛn.ə.fɪt/

Noun

benefit (countable and uncountable, plural benefits)

  1. An advantage; help or aid from something.
  2. (insurance) A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme.
  3. An event, such as a theatrical performance, given to raise funds for some cause.
  4. (obsolete) beneficence; liberality
  5. Intended audience (as for the benefit of).

Synonyms

  • (advantage, help): foredeal, advantage, aid, assistance, boon, help
  • (payment): subsidy

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "advantage, help"): harm, disadvantage, encumbrance, hindrance, malefit, nuisance, obstacle, detriment

Derived terms

  • beneficial
  • benefiter
  • benifit (a misspelling)
  • benefit cliff

Translations

See also

  • lagniappe

Verb

benefit (third-person singular simple present benefits, present participle benefiting or benefitting, simple past and past participle benefited or benefitted)

  1. (transitive) To be or to provide a benefit to.
  2. (intransitive) To receive a benefit (from); to be a beneficiary.

Usage notes

  • Benefiting and benefited are more common, with benefitting and benefitted being minor variants, more so in North America.

Synonyms

  • help, batten, behoove

Antonyms

  • malefic
  • detriment

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English benefit.

Noun

benefit m (invariable)

  1. benefit, advantage

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbe.ne.fit/, [ˈbɛnɛfɪt̪]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbe.ne.fit/, [ˈbɛːnefit̪]

Verb

benefit

  1. third-person singular present passive indicative of benefaciō

Source: wiktionary.org