What BEAM Means
- noun: a signal transmitted along a narrow path; guides airplane pilots in darkness or bad weather
- noun: long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction
- verb: smile radiantly; express joy through one's facial expression
- verb: emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light“The sun shone bright that day”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
BEAM is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 E1 A1 M3.
Anagrams of BEAM (2)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In BEAM
12 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 (3)
2 letter words (9)
Longer Words Containing BEAM
BEAM appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
ABEAMBEAMEDBEAMERBEAMERSBEAMIERBEAMIESTBEAMILYBEAMINESSBEAMINGBEAMINGLYBEAMINGSBEAMISHBEAMISHLYBEAMLESSBEAMLETBEAMLETSBEAMLIKEBEAMSBEAMYCROSSBEAMCROSSBEAMSEYEBEAMEYEBEAMSHARDBEAMHARDBEAMSHORNBEAMHORNBEAMSMICROBEAMMICROBEAMSMOONBEAMMOONBEAMSOUTBEAMOUTBEAMEDOUTBEAMINGOUTBEAMSQUICKBEAMQUICKBEAMSSUNBEAMSUNBEAMEDSUNBEAMS
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