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Is betide a Scrabble word?

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

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Is betide a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is betide a Words With Friends word?

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

B4E1T1I1D2E1

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6-letter words (1 found)

BETIDE,

5-letter words (5 found)

BEEDI,BETED,BETID,BIDET,DEBIT,

4-letter words (17 found)

BEDE,BEET,BETE,BIDE,BITE,DEBE,DEBT,DEET,DIEB,DIET,DITE,EDIT,EIDE,IDEE,TEED,TIDE,TIED,

3-letter words (16 found)

BED,BEE,BET,BID,BIT,DEB,DEE,DEI,DIB,DIE,DIT,IDE,TED,TEE,TID,TIE,

2-letter words (11 found)

BE,BI,DE,DI,ED,EE,ET,ID,IT,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 51 words from betide according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of betide

betide

Etymology

From Middle English bityden [and other forms]; from bi- (prefix forming verbs, usually with a completive, figurative, or intensive sense) + tyden (“to come about, happen, occur; to befall, become of, happen to (someone); to be the fate of (someone); to await (someone); to fare, get along”); tyden is derived from Old English tīdan (“to befall, betide, happen”), related to tīd (“time; season; hour”) (both ultimately either from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- (“to divide, share”) or *dī- (“time”)) + -an (suffix forming the infinitive of most verbs). The English word is analysable as be- +‎ tide (“(obsolete) to happen, occur”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɪˈtaɪd/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /bəˈtaɪd/
  • Rhymes: -aɪd
  • Hyphenation: be‧tide

Verb

betide (third-person singular simple present betides, present participle betiding, simple past and past participle betid or betided) (dated, literary)

  1. (transitive) Often used in a prediction (chiefly in woe betide) or a wish: to happen to (someone or something); to befall.
  2. (intransitive) Chiefly in the third person: to happen; to take place; to bechance, to befall.
    Synonyms: (archaic) betime, come to pass, occur, (obsolete) tide, transpire; see also Thesaurus:happen

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Derived terms

  • woe betide

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Anagrams

  • debite

Source: wiktionary.org