BIJOU is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. BIJOU is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BIJOU?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BIJOU is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BIJOU
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BIJOU scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BIJOU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| j | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What stands out about BIJOU
- The letters of BIJOU run in alphabetical order from first to last.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BIJOU mean in Scrabble?
adjective
British
Small and elegantly designed, often used to describe a compact home or shop as charmingly stylish.
Estate agents and journalists use bijou to make a small space sound desirable rather than cramped, borrowing the charm of the French word for a jewel. The term suggests that limited size comes with careful, attractive design rather than any real hardship. It can also stand as a noun for a small, delicate ornament, though the adjective use describing size is now more common in English.
How BIJOU is used
Common in British property listings and journalism, often with a knowingly ironic tone about small size.
- The listing described the flat as a bijou studio.
- They opened a bijou coffee shop on the corner.
- The bijou cottage had just one bedroom.
- A bijou garden sat behind the townhouse.
- Critics called the gallery a bijou space for new artists.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BIJOU and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BIJOU
4 longer words begin with BIJOU.
Shorter words from the letters in BIJOU
Common questions about BIJOU
- Is BIJOU valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BIJOU, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BIJOU worth?
- BIJOU is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BIJOU mean?
- Small and elegantly designed, often used to describe a compact home or shop as charmingly stylish.
- What letters can be added to BIJOU?
- BIJOU takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BIJOU:
Open BIJOU in the Word Finder