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What does beside mean? Is beside a Scrabble word?

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Is beside a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word beside is a Scrabble US word. The word beside is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is beside a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word beside is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

B3E1S1I1D2E1

Is beside a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word beside is a Words With Friends word. The word beside is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

B4E1S1I1D2E1

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6-letter words (1 found)

BESIDE,

5-letter words (6 found)

BEDES,BEEDI,BIDES,DEBES,DIEBS,IDEES,

4-letter words (18 found)

BEDE,BEDS,BEES,BIDE,BIDS,BISE,DEBE,DEBS,DEES,DESI,DIBS,DIEB,DIES,EIDE,IDEE,IDES,SEED,SIDE,

3-letter words (18 found)

BED,BEE,BES,BID,BIS,DEB,DEE,DEI,DIB,DIE,DIS,EDS,IDE,IDS,SED,SEE,SEI,SIB,

2-letter words (10 found)

BE,BI,DE,DI,ED,EE,ES,ID,IS,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 54 words from beside according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of beside

beside

Etymology

From Middle English beside, besiden, bisyde (also besides > besides), from Old English be sīdan, bī sīdan (“by the side (of), on the side (of)”), equivalent to be- +‎ side. Compare Saterland Frisian biesiede (“aside”), German Low German bisied (“aside”), German beiseite (“aside, to one side”). Compare also Dutch terzijde (“aside”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɪˈsaɪd/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /bɪˈsaɪd/, /biˈsaɪd/, /bəˈsaɪd/
  • (Canada, idle-idol split) IPA(key): /bɪˈsʌɪd/
  • Rhymes: -aɪd

Preposition

beside

  1. Next to; at the side of.
  2. Not relevant to.
  3. Besides; in addition to.

Usage notes

  • Not to be confused with besides. See w:Adverbial genitive.

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Adverb

beside (not comparable)

  1. Otherwise; else; in addition; besides.
    • April 8 1805, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "Orange Blossom"

See also

  • para-

Anagrams

  • beedis

Source: wiktionary.org