BAILIWICK is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. BAILIWICK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BAILIWICK?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BAILIWICK is to know. It scores 20 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BAILIWICK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bailiwicksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BAILIWICK scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in BAILIWICK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 3 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BAILIWICK has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BAILIWICK mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person's own area of skill, interest or authority, or the district under a bailiff's jurisdiction.
In its original sense a bailiwick was the territory ruled by a bailiff, and Jersey and Guernsey still use the name. Today people say a topic is outside their bailiwick when it falls beyond their expertise.
How BAILIWICK is used
Used figuratively in office talk and literally in the legal geography of the Channel Islands.
- Budgets are the finance director's bailiwick.
- Tax law lies outside my bailiwick, so ask an accountant.
- Guernsey is a bailiwick of the British crown.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BAILIWICK and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BAILIWICK
1 longer words begin with BAILIWICK.
Shorter words from the letters in BAILIWICK
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Common questions about BAILIWICK
- Is BAILIWICK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BAILIWICK, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BAILIWICK worth?
- BAILIWICK is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BAILIWICK mean?
- A person's own area of skill, interest or authority, or the district under a bailiff's jurisdiction.
- What letters can be added to BAILIWICK?
- BAILIWICK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of BAILIWICK:
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