Would-Be is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.
You can make 142 anagrams from letters in would-be (-bdelouw).
1250-1300; Middle English (adj.)
Angelo, the would-be Puritan ruler, was a "false seemer," Malvolio was a "chough."
But the current pontiff, for reasons one might fully understand, declined to meet the would-be papal assassin.
This Tuesday, a bunch of vampires and would-be superheroes will knock on our doors and ask us to reward them.
She was like that chap from Detroit, that would-be perfect all-round man.
Then she called me to her by name in a would-be pompous manner.
First, there are plenty of would-be gurus out there, especially in India.
The would-be pope killer loves to be in front of the cameras, and the press in Italy is happy to oblige.
"Fighting again," the father said, in a would-be fierce voice.
Siding with Obama on anything, no matter how sensical, is a risky move for a would-be Republican presidential candidate.
Again I saw that he was concerned solely with his humiliation as a would-be host.
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