Definition of beguine

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • beguine is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 10
  • beguine is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 10
  • beguine is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 14

Definition of beguine


  • a ballroom dance that originated in the French West Indies; similar to the rumba (noun)
  • music written in the bolero rhythm of the beguine dance (noun)
  • (Roman Catholic Church) a member of a lay sisterhood (one of several founded in the Netherlands in the 12th and 13th centuries); though not taking religious vows the sisters followed an austere life (noun)

See definition of beguine in Merriam Webster