Beat

/biːt/

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

Scrabble:6 ptsWWF:7 pts4 letters

Definition of Beat

noun

A stroke; a blow.
A pulsation or throb.
"a beat of the heart; the beat of the pulse"
A pulse on the beat level, the metric level at which pulses are heard as the basic unit. Thus a beat is the basic time unit of a piece.
A rhythm.
The interference between two tones of almost equal frequency

verb

To hit; strike
"As soon as she heard that her father had died, she went into a rage and beat the wall with her fists until her knuckles bled."
To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.
"He danced hypnotically while she beat the atabaque."
To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
To move with pulsation or throbbing.
To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do better than, outdo, or excel (someone) in a particular, competitive event.
"I just can't seem to beat the last level of this video game."

adjective

Exhausted
"After the long day, she was feeling completely beat."
Dilapidated, beat up
"Dude, you drive a beat car like that and you ain’t gonna get no honeys."
Fabulous
"Her makeup was beat!"
Boring
(of a person) ugly

Anagrams of Beat

Exact Anagrams

3 words using all 4 letters:

Words You Can Make

11 words can be made from the letters in "beat":

4-LETTER WORDS

3-LETTER WORDS

ate bat bet eat eta tab tae tea

+1 Letter Anagrams

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

+lblate bleat table

+sabets baste bates beast beats

Related Word Patterns

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Synonyms & Antonyms

SYNONYMS

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Rhyming Words

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Related Words

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