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Is betoken a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word betoken is a Scrabble US word. The word betoken is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

B3E1T1O1K5E1N1

Is betoken a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word betoken is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

B3E1T1O1K5E1N1

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B4E1T1O1K5E1N2

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7-letter words (1 found)

BETOKEN,

6-letter words (3 found)

BEENTO,BEKNOT,KETONE,

5-letter words (7 found)

BENET,BENTO,BETON,KEENO,KENTE,NEBEK,TOKEN,

4-letter words (29 found)

BEEN,BEET,BENE,BENT,BETE,BOET,BOKE,BONE,BONK,BOTE,EBON,ETEN,KEEN,KEET,KENO,KENT,KETE,KETO,KNEE,KNOB,KNOT,NETE,NOTE,TEEK,TEEN,TENE,TOKE,TONE,TONK,

3-letter words (29 found)

BEE,BEN,BET,BOK,BON,BOT,EEK,EEN,EKE,ENE,EON,KEB,KEN,KET,KOB,KON,NEB,NEE,NEK,NET,NOB,NOT,OBE,OKE,ONE,TEE,TEN,TOE,TON,

2-letter words (14 found)

BE,BO,EE,EN,ET,KO,NE,NO,OB,OE,OK,ON,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 84 words from betoken according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of betoken

betoken

Etymology

From Middle English bitoknen, bitacnen, from Old English betācnian (“to betoken, signify, designate”). Equivalent to be- +‎ token. Cognate with Dutch betekenen (“to mean, signify”), German bezeichnen (“to call, designate”), Swedish beteckna (“to represent, designate, indicate”) and Danish betegne (“to represent, designate, indicate”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɪˈtoʊ.kən/
  • Rhymes: -əʊkən

Verb

betoken (third-person singular simple present betokens, present participle betokening, simple past and past participle betokened)

  1. (transitive) To signify by some visible object; show by signs or tokens.
    • 1557: Robert Recorde, The whetstone of witte, whiche is the seconde parte of Arithmetike : containyng the xtraction of Rootes : The Cossike practise, with the rule of Equation : and the workes of Surde Nombers.ʀ, page unknown (Ihon Kyngstone)
      There be other 2 signes in often use of which the first is made thus + and betokeneth more : the other is thus made – and betokeneth lesse.
  2. (transitive) To foreshow by present signs; indicate something future by that which is seen or known.
    • 1853: Virgil, Charles Anthon, LL.D. [tr.], Æneïd of Virgil: With English Notes, Critical and Explanatory, a Metrical Clavis: And an Historical, Geographical, and Mythological Index, page 474 (Harper & Brothers, 329 & 331 Pearl Street, Franklin Square, New York)
      “ Ah ! hospitable land, thou (nevertheless) betokenest war,” i. e., although hospitable, thou nevertheless betokenest war. — Bello.

Synonyms

  • (signify): indicate, mark, note
  • (foreshow): portend, presage, forebode

Translations

References

  • “betoken”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “betoken”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Source: wiktionary.org