BEAT — 4 letter word
beat
The word beat has 4 letters: B, E, A, T. It contains 2 vowels and 2 consonants. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Beat has 3 anagrams: bate, beta, abet. As a adjective, it means "very tired".
4 letter word "beat": B E A T — adjective
Scrabble score: 6 Words With Friends score: 7
Letter analysis of beat
| Letter | Count | Type | Scrabble pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | 1 | Consonant | 3 |
| E | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| A | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| T | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
2 vowels, 2 consonants, 4 unique letters
Definition of beat
adjective
- very tired Synonyms: drained
noun
- the act of beating to windward
- a stroke or blow "the signal was two beats on the steam pipe"
- a regular rate of repetition "the cox raised the beat"
- the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music Synonyms: rhythm, musical rhythm
- (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse Synonyms: measure
- the sound of stroke or blow "I heard the beat of a drum."
- the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each heart cycle "I could feel the beat of your heart." Synonyms: heartbeat, pulse, pulsation
- a regular route for a sentry or policeman "In the old days, a policeman walked a beat and knew all of the names of the folks in the neighborhood." Synonyms: round
- a member of the beat generation Synonyms: beatnik
- a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies
verb
- to wear out completely "I beat that car." Synonyms: exhaust, tucker, wash up, tucker out
- to be a mystery or bewildering to "The magic trick beats me!" Synonyms: get, pose, stick, baffle, puzzle
- to come out better in a competition, race, or conflict "We beat everyone we played in the tennis doubles championship." Synonyms: crush, shell, trounce, beat out, vanquish
- to beat through cleverness and wit "I beat the traffic by taking a shortcut." Synonyms: circumvent, outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox
- to give a beating to "The attacker beat me when I refused to hand over my wallet." Synonyms: work over, beat up
- to hit repeatedly "They beat on the door."
- to strike a part of one's own body repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music "I beat my breast in anger."
- to stir vigorously "I beat the egg whites." Synonyms: scramble
- to shape by beating "The blacksmith beat the steel into the ornamenta shapes for the fence."
- to make by pounding or trampling "They deer beat a path through the forest."
- to move with or as if with a regular alternating motion "Just beat to the music, yo!" Synonyms: quiver, pulsate
- to move rhythmically "My heart was beating fast." Synonyms: thump, pound
- to sail with much tacking or with difficulty "The boat beat in the strong wind."
- to glare or strike with great intensity "The sun was beating down on us."
- to make a rhythmic sound "I beat the drum to the rhythm of my favorite song." Synonyms: drum, thrum
- to avoid paying "The criminal jumped over the turnstiles in order to beat the subway fare." Synonyms: bunk
- to be superior "Reading beats watching television."