BIGAMOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. BIGAMOUS 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 BIGAMOUS?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BIGAMOUS is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BIGAMOUS
No single letter turns BIGAMOUS into another word.
How BIGAMOUS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BIGAMOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BIGAMOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about BIGAMOUS
- All 8 letters of BIGAMOUS are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BIGAMOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
legal
Involving or guilty of marriage to a second spouse while the first marriage still stands.
A bigamous marriage is void in law, because one partner was never free to wed. The adjective can describe the marriage, the act or the person committing it.
How BIGAMOUS is used
Bigamous is mostly found in legal and historical texts.
- The bigamous marriage was declared invalid.
- He was exposed as a bigamous husband.
- A bigamous union brought scandal to the village.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BIGAMOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BIGAMOUS
The 8 tiles of BIGAMOUS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BIGAMOUS
1 longer words begin with BIGAMOUS.
Shorter words from the letters in BIGAMOUS
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Common questions about BIGAMOUS
- Is BIGAMOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BIGAMOUS, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BIGAMOUS worth?
- BIGAMOUS is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BIGAMOUS mean?
- Involving or guilty of marriage to a second spouse while the first marriage still stands.
- What letters can be added to BIGAMOUS?
- No single letter can be added to BIGAMOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BIGAMOUS:
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