BIDONVILLE is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. BIDONVILLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BIDONVILLE?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BIDONVILLE is to know. It scores 16 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BIDONVILLE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bidonvillesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BIDONVILLE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in BIDONVILLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BIDONVILLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BIDONVILLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A shanty town of makeshift huts built from scrap metal such as flattened oil drums, usually on the edge of a city.
Bidonville is borrowed from French, where bidon means a drum or can. It was first used for the improvised settlements around cities in North Africa and France. English writers use bidonville when they want the French flavour or the specific image of tin-walled housing.
How BIDONVILLE is used
Found in writing on urban poverty and colonial history, where a bidonville marks a settlement built of salvaged metal.
- The bidonville spread across the hillside outside the city.
- Thousands lived in a bidonville with no running water.
- The film opens in a Casablanca bidonville.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BIDONVILLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BIDONVILLE
1 longer words begin with BIDONVILLE.
Shorter words from the letters in BIDONVILLE
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Common questions about BIDONVILLE
- Is BIDONVILLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BIDONVILLE, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BIDONVILLE worth?
- BIDONVILLE is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BIDONVILLE mean?
- A shanty town of makeshift huts built from scrap metal such as flattened oil drums, usually on the edge of a city.
- What letters can be added to BIDONVILLE?
- BIDONVILLE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of BIDONVILLE:
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