BILGE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BILGE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BILGE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BILGE is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BILGE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BILGE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BILGE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does BILGE mean in Scrabble?
noun
nauticalinformal
The lowest inner part of the hull of a ship, where waste water collects, or, informally, nonsense or worthless talk.
Bilge is the curved section at the very bottom of a vessel, below the waterline, where oily water, condensation, and leaks naturally gather and must be pumped out regularly. Sailors have long used the same word loosely to dismiss talk they consider rubbish, as in the phrase that is just bilge. The nautical sense stays close to shipbuilding and maintenance, while the informal sense of nonsense has spread into everyday British speech far from the sea.
How BILGE is used
Nautical for the part of a ship; informally British for nonsense or rubbish talk.
- Water sloshed in the bilge after the storm.
- The crew pumped the bilge dry before setting sail.
- He dismissed the rumor as complete bilge.
- Rust had eaten through the plating near the bilge.
- Do not talk such bilge, she snapped.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BILGE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BILGE
The 5 tiles of BILGE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BILGE
4 longer words begin with BILGE.
Shorter words from the letters in BILGE
Common questions about BILGE
- Is BILGE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BILGE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BILGE worth?
- BILGE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BILGE mean?
- The lowest inner part of the hull of a ship, where waste water collects, or, informally, nonsense or worthless talk.
- What letters can be added to BILGE?
- BILGE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BILGE:
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