bestrew
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 7
Definition of bestrew
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
- (transitive)To strew or scatter about; throw or drop here and there.
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verb
- (transitive)To strew or scatter about; throw or drop here and there.
- (transitive)To strew anything upon; strew over or about; cover or partially cover with things strewn; cover with straw or strewing.
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Etymology
From Middle English bistrewen, from Old English bestrēawian, bestrēowian (“to bestrew, besprinkle”), equivalent to be- + strew. Cognate with Dutch bestrooien (“to sprinkle, bestrew”), German bestreuen (“to sprinkle, cover”), Swedish beströ (“to strew, sprinkle, scatter”).
Words you can make from bestrew
93 playable · top: WEBSTER (12 pts)
Best play webster 12 points6-letter words
4 words5-letter words
27 words- BREWS 10 pts
- WEBER 10 pts
- EWERS 8 pts
- RESEW 8 pts
- REWET 8 pts
- SEWER 8 pts
- STREW 8 pts
- SWEER 8 pts
- SWEET 8 pts
- TREWS 8 pts
- TWEER 8 pts
- WEEST 8 pts
- WEETS 8 pts
- WREST 8 pts
- BEERS 7 pts
- BEETS 7 pts
- BERET 7 pts
- BESET 7 pts
- BREES 7 pts
- ESTER 5 pts
- REEST 5 pts
- RESET 5 pts
- STEER 5 pts
- STERE 5 pts
- TERES 5 pts
- TERSE 5 pts
- TREES 5 pts
4-letter words
31 words- BREW 9 pts
- WEBS 9 pts
- EWER 7 pts
- EWES 7 pts
- STEW 7 pts
- TEWS 7 pts
- TWEE 7 pts
- WEER 7 pts
- WEES 7 pts
- WEET 7 pts
- WERE 7 pts
- WERT 7 pts
- WEST 7 pts
- WETS 7 pts
- BEER 6 pts
- BEES 6 pts
- BEET 6 pts
- BEST 6 pts
- BETS 6 pts
- BREE 6 pts
- REBS 6 pts
- ERST 4 pts
- REES 4 pts
- REST 4 pts
- RETE 4 pts
- RETS 4 pts
- SEER 4 pts
- SERE 4 pts
- TEES 4 pts
- TREE 4 pts
- TRES 4 pts
3-letter words
22 words2-letter words
8 wordsHooks
2 extensions · 2 back
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