Definitions For Bedel

Noun

BEDEL (plural BEDELs) (historical) An administrative official at university, universities in several european countries, often with a policiary function at the time when universities had their own jurisdiction over students. : Oxford today has four bedels, representing Divinity, Law, Medicine, and Arts.

Etymology

Borrowed from {{bor, en, la-med, pedellus}}, bedellus, bidellus, from {{der, en, enm, bedel}}; cognate with beadle.

Anagrams

bleed, debel

Is Bedel 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
8
Words with Friends
10

The word Bedel is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends

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