What BEAD Means
- noun: a small ball with a hole through the middle
- noun: a shape that is spherical and small“he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops”
- verb: form into beads, as of water or sweat, for example
- verb: decorate by sewing beads onto“bead the wedding gown”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
BEAD is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 E1 A1 D2.
Anagrams of BEAD (2)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In BEAD
14 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
3 letter words (5)
2 letter words (9)
Longer Words Containing BEAD
BEAD appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
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