BAILMENT is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BAILMENT 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 BAILMENT?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BAILMENT is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BAILMENT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bailmentsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BAILMENT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BAILMENT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BAILMENT has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about BAILMENT
- All 8 letters of BAILMENT are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BAILMENT mean in Scrabble?
noun
legal
The delivery of goods by one person to another to hold for a particular purpose, without the ownership changing.
A bailment arises whenever you leave a coat at a cloakroom or a car with a garage: the other party must take care of it and return it. Ownership stays with you throughout. The person who hands the goods over is called the bailor and the one who holds them the bailee.
How BAILMENT is used
Bailment comes up in property and contract law whenever goods are left in the care of another person.
- Leaving a bicycle in a repair shop creates a bailment.
- The contract of bailment required the warehouse to insure the goods.
- The court examined whether a bailment existed at all.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BAILMENT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BAILMENT
1 longer words begin with BAILMENT.
Shorter words from the letters in BAILMENT
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Common questions about BAILMENT
- Is BAILMENT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BAILMENT, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BAILMENT worth?
- BAILMENT is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BAILMENT mean?
- The delivery of goods by one person to another to hold for a particular purpose, without the ownership changing.
- What letters can be added to BAILMENT?
- BAILMENT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BAILMENT:
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