How many words with BED are there?

This page lists 435 words with BED from our dictionary, each shown with its Scrabble score.

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Words With BED

All 435 words in our dictionary that contain BED — sorted by Scrabble score.

435 words · number = Scrabble score · sorted highest score first

bedazzlements36 bedazzlement35 bedazzling32 bedazzled31 bedazzles30 bedazzle29 bedizenments26 featherbeddings26 beachcombed25 bedizenment25 featherbedding25 backstabbed24 circumscribed24 featherbedded24 honeycombed24 overprescribed24 oversubscribed24 bedchambers23 bedizening23 currycombed23 nightclubbed23 bedchamber22 bedizened22 squibbed22 bedcoverings21 bedquilts21 chemisorbed21 cobwebbed21 divebombed21 mistranscribed21 bedcovering20 bedevilments20 bedizens20 bedquilt20 bedrenching20 bedwarfing20 crabbednesses20 disobediently20 enjambed20 featherbeds20 firebombed20 misdescribed20 bedarkening19 bedecking19 bedevilment19 bedfellows19 bedizen19 bedrenched19 bedrivelling19 bedwarfed19 confabbed19 disobediences19 featherbed19 hobnobbed19 outthrobbed19 overdubbed19 prefabbed19 superscribed19 bedabbling18 bedarkened18 bedclothes18 bedeafening18 bedecked18 bedevilling18 bedfellow18 bedighting18 bedimpling18 bedmakers18 bedrenches18 bedriveling18 bedrivelled18 childbeds18 corymbed18 crabbedness18 disobedience18 jabbed18 jambed18 jibbed18 jobbed18 succumbed18 upclimbed18 bedabbled17 bedchairs17 bedcovers17 bedeafened17 bedeviling17 bedevilled17 bedframes17 bediapering17 bedighted17 bedimming17 bedimpled17 bedirtying17 bedmaker17 bedraggling17 bedriveled17 bedrocks17 bedticks17 bedumbing17 bedwarfs17 childbed17 conscribed17 embeddings17 embedments17 interbedding17 outclimbed17 prescribed17 proscribed17 proverbed17 redescribed17 sickbeds17 subscribed17 bedabbles16 bedarkens16 bedchair16 bedcover16 bedecks16 bedeviled16 bedframe16 bediapered16 bedimmed16 bedimples16 bedraggled16 bedrench16 bedrock16 bedrugging16 bedspreads16 bedsprings16 bedtick16 bedumbed16 bedwarf16 deathbeds16 demobbed16 embedding16 embedment16 enwombed16 imbedding16 interbedded16 knobbed16 obediently16 rehabbed16 replumbed16 sickbed16 throbbed16 transcribed16 unperturbed16 unplumbed16 bedabble15 bedamning15 bedarken15 bedaubing15 bedeafens15 bedeck15 bedewing15 bedgowns15 bedights15 bedimple15 bedlamites15 bedlamps15 bedraggles15 bedraping15 bedrivels15 bedroomed15 bedrugged15 bedsheets15 bedspread15 bedspring15 bedstraws15 beduncing15 bedwards15 benumbed15 conglobed15 deathbed15 described15 disobedient15 embedded15 flubbed15 imbedded15 jibed15 multilobed15 obediences15 reabsorbed15 recombed15 riverbeds15 scrubbed15 streambeds15 subeditorial15 swabbed15 swobbed15 thumbed15 unabsorbed15 uncombed15 undisturbed15 waterbeds15 bedamned14 bedaubed14 beddable14 bedeafen14 bedevils14 bedewed14 bedgown14 bediapers14 bedight14 bedlamite14 bedlamp14 bedlike14 bedplates14 bedraggle14 bedraped14 bedridden14 bedrivel14 bedsheet14 bedstraw14 bedumbs14 bedunced14 bedward14 blabbed14 blobbed14 blubbed14 climbed14 clubbed14 crabbed14 cribbed14 crumbed14 daybeds14 fibbed14 flatbeds14 fobbed14 fubbed14 hobbed14 imbibed14 inscribed14 obedience14 outbribed14 perturbed14 plumbed14 redubbed14 reverbed14 riverbed14 scabbed14 streambed14 subediting14 undubbed14 waterbed14 webbed14 wombed14 absorbed13 ascribed13 bedbugs13 beddings13 bedesman13 bedesmen13 bedevil13 bedfast13 bediaper13 bedirtied13 bedirty13 bedmates13 bedplate13 bedposts13 bedrapes13 bedrooms13 bedstands13 bedsteads13 bedtimes13 bedumb13 bedunces13 bibbed13 bobbed13 bombed13 cabbed13 combed13 daybed13 disturbed13 drabbed13 dribbed13 drubbed13 entombed13 flatbed13 grabbed13 grubbed13 hotbeds13 intombed13 kerbed13 mobbed13 overbed13 reprobed13 slugabeds13 subedited13 subeditors13 suburbed13 unbarbed13 uncurbed13 unprobed13 adsorbed12 bedamns12 bedaubs12 bedbug12 bedding12 bedeman12 bedemen12 bedews12 bedirties12 bedlams12 bedmate12 bedotted12 bedpans12 bedpost12 bedrape12 bedroom12 bedsides12 bedsoniae12 bedsonias12 bedstand12 bedstead12 bedtime12 bedunce12 berobed12 bilobed12 blurbed12 dabbed12 desorbed12 dibbed12 disrobed12 dubbed12 dumbed12 gabbed12 gibbed12 gobbed12 gybed12 herbed12 hotbed12 interbeds12 roadbeds12 scribed12 seedbeds12 slabbed12 slubbed12 slugabed12 snibbed12 snubbed12 stabbed12 stobbed12 stubbed12 subeditor12 albedoes11 barbed11 bedamn11 bedaub11 bedded11 bedders11 bedew11 bedims11 bedlam11 bedouins11 bedpan11 bedrails11 bedrolls11 bedrugs11 bedside11 bedsonia11 bedsores11 boobed11 bribed11 bulbed11 curbed11 embeds11 imbeds11 interbed11 lambed11 limbed11 lobbed11 nabbed11 nibbed11 numbed11 obedient11 probed11 resorbed11 ribbed11 roadbed11 robbed11 rubbed11 sabbed11 seedbed11 sobbed11 subbed11 subedits11 tabbed11 tombed11 trilobed11 tubbed11 unilobed11 albedos10 bedder10 bedells10 bedim10 bedless10 bedouin10 bedrail10 bedrid10 bedroll10 bedrug10 bedsits10 bedsore10 beduins10 cubed10 daubed10 ebbed10 embed10 enrobed10 garbed10 globed10 imbed10 seabeds10 subedit10 unlobed10 unrobed10 albedo9 bedell9 bedels9 bedsit9 beduin9 gibed9 seabed9 sorbed9 bedel8 lobed8 orbed8 robed8 sabed8 tubed8 abed7 beds7 bedu7 bed6

Why BED words matter

Words containing BED are handy for Scrabble, Words with Friends and word puzzles — filter the list above by length to find the play you need.

A quick statistical tour

The shape of this list: 435 entries between 3 and 15 letters long, peaking at 8 letters with 96 words. Five-letter picks number 15 and seven-letter picks 85. Nothing here outscores BEDAZZLEMENTS — 36 points from 13 tiles on plain squares.

Chasing points? The best five entries here are BEDAZZLEMENTS (36), BEDAZZLEMENT (35), BEDAZZLING (32), BEDAZZLED (31), BEDAZZLES (30). FEATHERBEDDINGS (15 letters) stretches furthest, while the list-wide average score sits near 15 points. Letter-wise, B is the workhorse — it appears in 435 of these words, ahead of D (435) and E (435).

Start with these three

Playing ALBEDO across a double-word square turns its base 9 points into 18 — solid value for 6 tiles.
BEDELL — a 6-letter, 9-point play that slots into tight board lanes where longer words won't fit.
BEDELS is easy to keep in memory: 6 letters, 9 points, and no awkward tiles to hunt for.

Round out your set with BEDSIT (9), BEDUIN (9), SEABED (9), SORBED (9), BEDEL (8) — all built from common tiles.

Learning words through BED

Letter chunks like BED are how vocabulary compounds: learn the pattern once and every word built on it gets easier to recall and to spell. Read down this list and you will see the same rhythm repeat across lengths — that repetition is exactly what makes these words stick for spelling bees, ESL study and crossword pattern-matching alike.

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