beside

Prep

Next to; at the side of.
Not relevant to.
Besides; in addition to.

Adv

Otherwise; else; in addition; besides.

Preposition

Next to; at the side of.
Next to or alongside someone or something.

Examples

A small table beside the bed
He placed his letter ’Q’ beside a ’U’ that was already on the Scrabble board.
Placing the tile beside the double letter score was a good move.
That is beside the point / beside the topic / beside the subject / beside the focus of this discussion.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English beside, besiden, bisyde (also besides > besides), from Old English be sīdan, bī sīdan (“by the side (of), on the side (of)”). Compare Saterland Frisian biesiede (“aside”), German Low German bisied (“aside”), German beiseite (“aside, to one side”). Compare also Dutch terzijde (“aside”). By surface analysis, be- + side.

Scrabble Score: 9

beside: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
beside: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
beside: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

beside: valid Words With Friends Word