b 3 e 1 d 2 l 1 a 1 m 3 e 1 r 1
8 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
Meaning
originBorrowed from French bête de la mer. The construction and spelling of the loanword was evidently influenced by Bedlam and bedlam, suggesting reanalysis as bedlam + -er. This seems all the more plausible given that these seals are sometimes quite vocal, doing a lot of barking, yelling, and mumbling.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- beldame 12
- breamed 12
- marbled 12
- rambled 12
- ambled 11
- beamed 11
- bedlam 11
- beldam 11
- bermed 11
- blamed 11
- lambed 11
- bleared 10