Is Bettered a Proper Word?

1. To make better; improve: trying to better conditions in the prison; bettered myself by changing jobs. 2. To surpass or exceed: practiced so he could better his rival.

Is bettered a Scrabble word?

Yes, bettered is in the scrabble dictionary.

Is bettering an adjective?

Better is an adjective that describes something as being superior or is an adverb that means something is done to a higher degree or more completely. As a verb, better means to improve. The word better has more specific senses as an adjective, adverb, and a verb.