beat
Beat can refer to a regular route for a sentry or policeman, the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart, or the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music. As a verb, beat can mean to come out better in a competition, race, or conflict, give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression, or move rhythmically.
Length
4
Scrabble
6
WWF
7
Starts
BE
Ends
EAT
Difficulty
Easy
Dictionary
What Does “BEAT” Mean?
beat has 34 documented senses across adjective, noun, verb.
Adjective
1 senseNoun
10 sensesa regular route for a sentry or policeman
“in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name”
Synonyms
the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
“the piece has a fast rhythm”
“the conductor set the beat”
Synonyms
a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations
a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
Synonyms
the sound of stroke or blow
“he heard the beat of a drum”
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a regular rate of repetition
“the cox raised the beat”
a stroke or blow
“the signal was two beats on the steam pipe”
the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
Verb
23 sensesgive a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
“Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night”
“The teacher used to beat the students”
“They want to beat the prisoners”
hit repeatedly
“beat on the door”
“beat the table with his shoe”
shape by beating
“beat swords into ploughshares”
“The chef wants to beat the eggs”
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glare or strike with great intensity
“The sun was beating down on us”
move with a thrashing motion
“The bird flapped its wings”
“The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky”
Synonyms
sail with much tacking or with difficulty
“The boat beat in the strong wind”
strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music
“beat one's breast”
“beat one's foot rhythmically”
be superior
“Reading beats watching television”
“This sure beats work!”
indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks
“Beat the rhythm”
make by pounding or trampling
“beat a path through the forest”
produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly
“beat the drum”
strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
beat through cleverness and wit
“I beat the traffic”
“She outfoxed her competitors”
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
4
Vowels
2
Consonants
2
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Definition
very tired
Length
4 letters
Starts With
B
Ends With
T
Vowels
2
Consonants
2
Letters
B, E, A, T
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★☆☆☆BEAT has a Scrabble score of 6. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆BEAT is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆BEAT can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 4-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★★☆BEAT uses unique letters, giving more flexibility when checking possible anagrams and word game combinations.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
4
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
B
Letter Pattern
ABCD
CV Pattern
CVVC
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
BE, EA, AT
Trigrams
BEA, EAT
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