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Beard

/bɪəd/

Scrabble:8 ptsWWF:9 pts5 letters
Definition of Beard

noun

  1. Facial hair on the chin, cheeks, jaw and neck.
  2. The cluster of small feathers at the base of the beak in some birds.
  3. The appendages to the jaw in some cetaceans, and to the mouth or jaws of some fishes.
  4. The byssus of certain shellfish.
  5. The gills of some bivalves, such as the oyster.

verb

  1. To grow hair on the chin and jaw.
  2. To boldly and bravely oppose or confront, often to the chagrin of the one being bearded.

    "Robin Hood is always shown as bearding the Sheriff of Nottingham."

  3. To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt.
  4. To deprive (an oyster or similar shellfish) of the gills.
  5. Of a gay man or woman: to accompany a gay person of the opposite sex in order to give the impression that they are heterosexual.
Anagrams of Beard

5 words can be made by rearranging all the letters of "beard":

ardebbardebaredbreaddebar

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "beard" and rearranging:

+aabrade
+bbarbeddabber
+cbraced
+dbadderbarded
+ebeader
+fbarfed
+gbadgerbargedgarbed
+iabider
+kbarkedbrakeddebark
+lbalderbladerblared
Related Word Patterns
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Letter Values
b3
e1
a1
r1
d2

Total: 8 Scrabble points

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Rhymes With Beard
aboardaboveboardabsurdaccordafeardaffordafterwardafterwordairwardantibillboardastarboardaward
Related 5-Letter Words
baaedbaalsbabasbabelbabesbabkababoobabulbabusbaccabacksbaconbaddybadgebadly

Word Validity & Sources

SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024

Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.

About the Word "Beard"

Beard is a 5-letter word that scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "beard" can be rearranged to form 5 other valid words.

Using "Beard" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "beard" is a low-scoring word.