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belabour

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Is belabour a Scrabble word?

Yes, belabour is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 12 points in Scrabble.

Word Games

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

What is the meaning of belabour?

Definition

verb (English)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To labour about; labour over; to work hard upon; to ply diligently.UKobsoletetransitive

2. (transitive) To beat or thump (someone) soundly.Examples: "1856: Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter X, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling He saw the village; he was seen coming bending forward upon his horse, belabouring it with great blows, the girths dripping with blood."; "[F]ew country people there are who do not love to see two sturdy fellows thwack and belabour each other with quarter-staff, single-stick, or fists."Synonyms: buffet, thrashUKtransitive

3. (transitive) To attack (someone) verbally.UKtransitive

4. (transitive) To discuss or explain (something) excessively or repeatedly; to harp on or overelaborate.Examples: "1961, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, inaugural speech Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belabouring those problems which divide us."; "And so, to belabour the school metaphor, diehard fans of both those fallen leaders resent this pair for snitching in class."UKtransitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "belabour"?

Scrabble
12 points
B3
E1
L1
A1
B3
O1
U1
R1
Words With Friends
16 points
B4
E1
L2
A1
B4
O1
U2
R1

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