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Is bete a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word bete is a Scrabble US word. The word bete is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is bete a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word bete is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

B3E1T1E1

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4 letters words from 'bete'

BEET 6BETE 6

3 letters words from 'bete'

BEE 5BET 5
TEE 3 

2 letters words from 'bete'

BE 4EE 2
ET 2TE 2

All 4 letters words made out of bete

bete ebte btee tbee etbe tebe beet ebet beet ebet eebt eebt btee tbee bete ebte tebe etbe eteb teeb eetb eetb teeb eteb

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

Definitions and meaning of bete

bete

Verb

bete

  1. Obsolete spelling of beat
  2. Obsolete spelling of beet

Anagrams

  • Beet, beet

Afrikaans

Noun

bete

  1. plural of beet

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

bete

  1. (archaic) singular past subjunctive of bijten

Anagrams

  • beet

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbeːtə]
  • Homophones: Beete, Bete

Verb

bete

  1. inflection of beten:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. singular imperative
    3. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

Italian

Noun

bete f

  1. plural of beta

Anagrams

  • Tebe

Latin

Verb

bēte

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of bētō

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *biti, from Proto-Germanic *bitiz.

Noun

bēte f

  1. bite

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: beet
  • Limburgish: beet

Further reading

  • “bete (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “bete (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

bete m

  1. beetroot (Beta vulgaris)
  2. bit; a portion of something.
  3. crossbeam, particularly in a cross frame timber structure.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

bete m (definite singular, indefinite plural, definite plural)

  1. beetroot (Beta vulgaris)
  2. bit; a portion of something
  3. crossbeam, particularly in a cross frame timber structure

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • beta

Verb

bete

  1. third-person plural present subjunctive relative of is

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.t(ʃ)i/
  • Hyphenation: be‧te
  • Rhymes: -ɛt(ʃ)i

Verb

bete

  1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of betar
  2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of betar
  3. First-person singular (eu) affirmative imperative of betar
  4. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of betar
  5. First-person singular (eu) negative imperative of betar
  6. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of betar

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbe.te/

Adjective

bete f pl or n pl

  1. feminine plural of beat
  2. neuter plural of beat

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse beita (“food, bait”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbeːˌtɛ/

Noun

bete n

  1. bait
  2. what an animal eats when grazing
Declension
Derived terms
  • (bait): beta
  • (what an animal eats): beta, grönbete

Etymology 2

Related to bita (“to bite”). Also see Icelandic biti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbeːˌtɛ/

Noun

bete c

  1. tusk
Declension
Derived terms
  • (tusk): elefantbete

Etymology 3

be- +‎ te (“appear”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛˈteː/

Verb

bete (present beter, preterite betedde, supine betett, imperative bete)

  1. (reflexive) to behave (oneself)
Conjugation

Ternate

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbe.te]

Noun

bete (Jawi بيتي‎)

  1. eddoe (Colocasia antiquorum)

References

  • Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Source: wiktionary.org
  • to mend, improve.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)