BILE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. BILE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BILE?
| 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 BILE is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BILE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BILE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BILE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What does BILE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A bitter greenish-yellow fluid produced by the liver that helps to digest fats.
Bile is stored in the gall bladder and released into the small intestine, where it breaks fats into smaller droplets so that digestive enzymes can act on them. The word is also used figuratively for bitterness, anger or ill temper, echoing the old belief that too much bile in the body caused a sour mood.
How BILE is used
Common in medical and everyday contexts; the figurative sense (anger) is equally common.
- Excess bile can cause a bitter taste in the mouth.
- The doctor explained how bile helps digest fatty food.
- His speech was full of bile against his former partner.
- Gallstones form when bile hardens in the gall bladder.
- She vented her bile in a furious letter to the newspaper.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BILE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BILE
8 longer words begin with BILE.
Words ending in BILE
Showing 24 of 28 words that end in BILE. Useful as a back hook: play BILE onto a word already on the board.
Words with BILE inside
24 words contain BILE in the middle. Words that start with BILE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BILE
Common questions about BILE
- Is BILE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BILE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BILE worth?
- BILE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BILE mean?
- A bitter greenish-yellow fluid produced by the liver that helps to digest fats.
- What letters can be added to BILE?
- BILE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BILE:
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