Yes. BEAU is a valid word.
BEAU is valid in the North American word list used for the Scrabble board game and other crossword tile games.
BEAU is in the NASPA Word List 2023 (NWL2023), the North American list that Tileside uses for challenges and the one used in club and tournament play.
About BEAU
BEAU is a boyfriend, suitor or admirer, from the French word for handsome; its plurals are BEAUS and BEAUX, the second one using the 8-point X. BEAU is a good way to unload an E, an A and a U behind a B. If you have an X as well, BEAUX turns a vowel-heavy rack into a strong score.
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BEAU scores 6 points
Before any bonus squares: B 3 + E 1 + A 1 + U 1 = 6. On a double-word square that's 12, on a triple-word 18, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.
Example: BEAU as the first play
Later in the game, put the B on a 3L square and BEAU is worth 12 before any word bonus.
Hooks: one tile makes a new word
Longer words from BEAU
Other forms of BEAU (3):
Words that start with BEAU:
- BEAUTSform of BEAUT: an outstanding example of its kind
- BEAUTYthe qualities that give pleasure to the senses
- BEAUTERform of BEAUT: an outstanding example of its kind
- BEAUCOUP
- BEAUTESTform of BEAUT: an outstanding example of its kind
- BEAUTIESform of BEAUTY: the qualities that give pleasure to the senses
- BEAUTIFYmake more beautiful
- BEAUCOUPS
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- BEAUTEOUS(poetic) beautiful, especially to the sight
- BEAUTIFULdelighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
- BEAUTICIANsomeone who works in a beauty parlor
Change one tile
Swap any one letter of BEAU and these are still words:
- BEDU
- BEADa small ball with a hole through the middle
- BEAKbeaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e.g., turtles)
- BEAL
- BEAMa signal transmitted along a narrow path
- BEANany of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
- BEARhave
- BEATcome out better in a competition, race, or conflict
Same letters, other words
No other word in the list uses exactly the letters B, E, A and U.
Add one tile: words from these letters plus one more
BEAU + D
BEAU + X
- BEAUXform of BEAU: a man who is the lover of a man or woman
Memory tip
BEAU is a boyfriend or admirer, from French. Its plurals are BEAUS and BEAUX.
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