BILGY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. BILGY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BILGY?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BILGY is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BILGY
No single letter turns BILGY into another word.
How BILGY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BILGY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What does BILGY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
nauticalinformal
Smelling of bilge water, the stagnant water that collects in the lowest part of a ship's hull.
Bilgy describes the stale, oily odour associated with bilge water, and sailors use it for any part of a boat, cabin or piece of gear that has picked up that smell. The word can also be used more loosely for any damp, foul-smelling space that recalls the bottom of a ship.
How BILGY is used
Nautical and informal; rarely used outside descriptions of boats or damp, musty spaces.
- The old cabin had a bilgy smell that no amount of cleaning removed.
- His boots turned bilgy after a week below deck.
- The storage locker was damp and faintly bilgy.
- She complained that the rented boat felt bilgy and unloved.
- A bilgy odour drifted up from the flooded compartment.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BILGY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BILGY
The 5 tiles of BILGY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in BILGY
Common questions about BILGY
- Is BILGY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BILGY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BILGY worth?
- BILGY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BILGY mean?
- Smelling of bilge water, the stagnant water that collects in the lowest part of a ship's hull.
- What letters can be added to BILGY?
- No single letter can be added to BILGY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BILGY:
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