BATTAILOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BATTAILOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BATTAILOUS?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BATTAILOUS is to know. It scores 12 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BATTAILOUS
No single letter turns BATTAILOUS into another word.
How BATTAILOUS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in BATTAILOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BATTAILOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BATTAILOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaic
Ready for battle; warlike.
Battailous is an old word found in the poetry of Spenser and other early English writers. It describes soldiers, hosts or moods that are eager to fight, and modern English uses warlike or bellicose instead.
How BATTAILOUS is used
Archaic and literary; only met in old poems and historical prose.
- The battailous knights rode out at dawn.
- Spenser describes a battailous army in the poem.
- The king was in a battailous mood after the insult.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BATTAILOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BATTAILOUS
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Common questions about BATTAILOUS
- Is BATTAILOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BATTAILOUS, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BATTAILOUS worth?
- BATTAILOUS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BATTAILOUS mean?
- Ready for battle; warlike.
- What letters can be added to BATTAILOUS?
- No single letter can be added to BATTAILOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of BATTAILOUS:
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