BELLBIRD is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. BELLBIRD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BELLBIRD?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BELLBIRD is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BELLBIRD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bellbirdsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BELLBIRD scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BELLBIRD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BELLBIRD has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BELLBIRD mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A bird whose loud, ringing call sounds like a bell, found in the Americas and in Australasia.
Several unrelated birds share this name because of their voices. The American kinds belong to the cotinga family, while the Australasian ones are songbirds, so the name bellbird describes a sound rather than a single species.
How BELLBIRD is used
Bellbird is a common nature-writing word, normally preceded by a place or species, such as the New Zealand bellbird.
- A bellbird rang out from the canopy at dawn.
- We heard the bellbird long before we saw it.
- The bellbird is prized by birdwatchers for its clear, metallic note.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BELLBIRD and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BELLBIRD
1 longer words begin with BELLBIRD.
Shorter words from the letters in BELLBIRD
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Common questions about BELLBIRD
- Is BELLBIRD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BELLBIRD, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BELLBIRD worth?
- BELLBIRD is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BELLBIRD mean?
- A bird whose loud, ringing call sounds like a bell, found in the Americas and in Australasia.
- What letters can be added to BELLBIRD?
- BELLBIRD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BELLBIRD:
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