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Is beset a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word beset is a Scrabble US word. The word beset is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is beset a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word beset is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

B3E1S1E1T1

Is beset a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word beset is a Words With Friends word. The word beset is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

B4E1S1E1T1

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5-letter words (3 found)

BEETS,BESET,BETES,

4-letter words (6 found)

BEES,BEET,BEST,BETE,BETS,TEES,

3-letter words (8 found)

BEE,BES,BET,EST,SEE,SET,TEE,TES,

2-letter words (6 found)

BE,EE,ES,ET,ST,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 24 words from beset according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of beset

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Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word beset. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in beset.

Definitions and meaning of beset

beset

Etymology

From Middle English besetten, bisetten, from Old English besettan (“to beset; set beside; set near; appoint; place; own; possess”), from Proto-Germanic *bisatjaną (“to set near; set around”), equivalent to be- +‎ set. Cognate with Saterland Frisian besätte (“to occupy”), West Frisian besette (“to occupy”), Dutch bezetten (“to sit in; occupy; fill”), German Low German besetten (“to occupy”), German besetzen (“to seize; occupy; garrison”), Danish besætte (“to occupy; obsess”), Swedish besätta (“to fill; occupy; beset”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɪˈsɛt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Verb

beset (third-person singular simple present besets, present participle besetting, simple past and past participle beset)

  1. (transitive) To surround or hem in.
  2. (transitive, sometimes figurative) To attack or assail, especially from all sides.
  3. (transitive) To decorate something with jewels etc.
  4. (nautical) Of a ship, to get trapped by ice.

Derived terms

  • besetting

Translations

References

  • “beset”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

  • Beets, Beste, beest, beets, tsebe

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch bezetten, from Middle Dutch besetten, from Old Dutch *bisetten, from Proto-Germanic *bisatjaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈsɛt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Verb

beset (present beset, present participle besettende, past participle beset)

  1. (transitive) to occupy, to fill
  2. (transitive, military) to occupy militarily

Derived terms

  • besetting

Source: wiktionary.org