Beard

/bɪəd/

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:8 ptsWWF:9 pts5 letters

Definition of Beard

noun

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

verb

To grow hair on the chin and jaw.
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."
To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt.
To deprive (an oyster or similar shellfish) of the gills.
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

Exact Anagrams

5 words using all 5 letters:

ardeb barde bared bread debar

Words You Can Make

32 words can be made from the letters in "beard":

5-LETTER WORDS

ardeb barde bared bread debar

4-LETTER WORDS

abed bade bard bare bead bear brad brae bred darb dare dear drab read

3-LETTER WORDS

arb are bad bar bed bra dab deb ear era rad reb red

+1 Letter Anagrams

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

+bbarbed dabber

+dbadder barded

+gbadger barged garbed

+kbarked braked debark

+lbalder blader blared

Related Word Patterns

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Rhyming Words

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