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Is beef a Scrabble word?

Yes, beef is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 9 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of beef?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (uncountable) The meat from cattle or other bovines.Examples: "I love eating beef."; "He was cooking beef for lunch."; "But the cars & trucks held cartons of roast chickens, slabs of cheeses, loaves of bread, racks of hotdogs, case upon case of soft drinks, cases of bottled sparkling water, pies, cakes, roast beefs & baked hams."Synonyms: cowflesh, oxfleshuncountable

2. (uncountable) The meat from cattle or other bovines.Examples: "lean finely textured beef"; "boneless lean beef trimmings"; "McDonald’s has been vocal about adding more chicken to its menu, which is generally cheaper than beef. CEO Chris Kempczinski said in its most recent earnings call that it’s focused on adding “growth drivers like chicken” in an attempt to reverse slumping sales. Chicken is now on par with beef sales at its restaurants, he added."Synonyms: cowflesh, oxfleshcountableuncountable

3. (uncountable) The meat from cattle or other bovines.Examples: "Put some beef into it! We've got to get the car over the bump."; "We've got to get some beef into the enforcement provisions of that law."Synonyms: cowflesh, oxfleshbroadlyslanguncountable

4. (uncountable) The meat from cattle or other bovines.Examples: "The beef of his paper was a long rant about government."Synonyms: cowflesh, oxflesh, meatfigurativelyslanguncountable

5. (uncountable) Bovine animals.Examples: "However, there were millions of head of beef roaming the plains of Texas."uncountable

6. (now chiefly Canada, US, countable, now uncommon, plural beeves) A bovine (cow or bull) being raised for its meat.Examples: "Do you want to raise beeves?"; "Howbeit, that country bringeth forth certain kinds of goodly great wild bœufes: to wit, the Biſontes, mained with a collar, like Lions: and the Vri, a mightie ſtrong beaſt, and a ſwift: which the ignorant people call Buffles, whereas indeed the Buffle is bred in Affrica, and carieth ſome reſemblance of a calfe rather, or a ſtag."; "As when two lions in the ſtill dark night / An herd of beeves ſcatter or num'rous flock / Suddenly, in the abſence of the guard, / So fled the heartleſs Greeks, […]"CanadaUScountableuncommon

verb (English)

1. (intransitive, slang) To complain.Examples: "“Don't you like the Red Room?” “The Red Room!” I gathered from his manner that he had not come to beef about his sleeping accommodation."; ""Who's Precious?" she beefed when she saw the big tattoo running down my inner arm."intransitiveslang

2. (transitive, slang) To add weight or strength to.Examples: "First off, the axle housing was beefed by welding areas where extreme loading is evident (black marked areas)."Synonyms: beef upslangtransitive

3. (intransitive, slang) To fart; break wind.Examples: "Ugh, who just beefed in here?"intransitiveslang

4. (intransitive, chiefly Yorkshire) To cry.Examples: "David was beefing last night after Ruth told him off."Yorkshireintransitive

5. (transitive, slang) To fail or mess up.Examples: "I beefed my presentation hard yesterday."slangtransitive

6. (chiefly African-American Vernacular, MLE, MTE, intransitive, slang) To feud or hold a grudge against.Examples: "Those two are beefing right now — best you stay out of it."Multicultural-London-Englishintransitiveslang

adj (English)

1. (slang) Beefy; powerful; robust.Examples: "Wow, your audio setup is beef!"not-comparableslang

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "beef"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "beef"?

Scrabble
9 points
B3
E1
E1
F4
Words With Friends
10 points
B4
E1
E1
F4

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