Definitions For Bet

noun

  • The act of gambling
  • The money risked on a gamble
  • An agreement in which people try to guess what will happen and the person who guesses wrong has to give something (such as money) to the person who guesses right
  • The money or other valuable thing that you could win or lose in a bet
  • A choice made by thinking about what will probably happen

verb

  • Have faith or confidence in
  • Maintain with or as if with a bet
  • Stake on the outcome of an issue
  • To make a bet : to risk losing something (such as money) if your guess about what will happen is wrong
  • To risk losing (something) when you try to do or achieve something
  • To make decisions that are based on the belief that something will happen or is true

Is Bets a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
6
Words with Friends
7

The word Bet is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Bet in a Sentence

  • He has a bet on the game.
  • He made a bet with his brother that he could finish his chores first.
  • He and his brother have a bet about who can finish his chores first.
  • He bet $5 on the game.
  • I'll bet that he makes the next shot.
  • He always bets that the favorite will win.

Synonyms for Bet

Antonyms for Bets

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