BIELD is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BIELD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BIELD?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BIELD is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BIELD
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BIELD scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BIELD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What does BIELD mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scotsdialect
A place of shelter from wind, rain, or cold, especially a sheltered spot found or built out in the open.
A bield is what a shepherd, traveler, or animal seeks out when the weather turns rough: the lee side of a wall, a dip in the ground, or a rough stone shelter built for exactly that purpose. The word is chiefly associated with Scotland and northern England, where hillside shelters for sheep are sometimes still called bields. It can also be used as a verb, meaning to give someone or something shelter from the elements.
How BIELD is used
A Scots and northern English dialect word, met mainly in older or regional writing rather than everyday speech.
- The shepherd led the flock to the bield of the old stone wall.
- They found a bield from the storm beneath the overhanging rock.
- The poem describes a bield built against the northern wind.
- Sheep gathered in the bield during the worst of the blizzard.
- He built a small bield of turf to shelter the fire.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BIELD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BIELD
The 5 tiles of BIELD in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BIELD
6 longer words begin with BIELD.
Shorter words from the letters in BIELD
Common questions about BIELD
- Is BIELD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BIELD, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BIELD worth?
- BIELD is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BIELD mean?
- A place of shelter from wind, rain, or cold, especially a sheltered spot found or built out in the open.
- What letters can be added to BIELD?
- BIELD takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BIELD:
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