BAILABLE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BAILABLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BAILABLE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BAILABLE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BAILABLE
No single letter turns BAILABLE into another word.
How BAILABLE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BAILABLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 2 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BAILABLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BAILABLE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
legal
Allowing or eligible for release on bail.
In criminal law, a bailable offence is one for which a court may let the accused go free while awaiting trial, and a bailable person is one entitled to ask for it. Serious crimes may be classed as non-bailable.
How BAILABLE is used
Bailable turns up in criminal procedure, describing offences and persons that a court may free on bail.
- The magistrate ruled that the offence was bailable.
- Under the statute, theft is a bailable crime.
- The lawyer argued that his client was bailable given his clean record.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BAILABLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BAILABLE
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Common questions about BAILABLE
- Is BAILABLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BAILABLE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BAILABLE worth?
- BAILABLE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BAILABLE mean?
- Allowing or eligible for release on bail.
- What letters can be added to BAILABLE?
- No single letter can be added to BAILABLE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BAILABLE:
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