BILINEAR is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BILINEAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BILINEAR?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BILINEAR is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BILINEAR
No single letter turns BILINEAR into another word.
How BILINEAR scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BILINEAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BILINEAR has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BILINEAR mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Linear in each of two variables when the other is held fixed, or relating to two lines.
A bilinear function behaves like a straight-line rule in each input separately, which is why products of two variables are bilinear. Graphics software also uses bilinear filtering to smooth the pixels of a resized picture.
How BILINEAR is used
Bilinear is a mathematical and computing term used with forms, maps and interpolation.
- The dot product is a bilinear operation on pairs of vectors.
- Bilinear filtering softens the edges of the scaled texture.
- The lecturer wrote a bilinear form on the board.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BILINEAR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BILINEAR
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Common questions about BILINEAR
- Is BILINEAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BILINEAR, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BILINEAR worth?
- BILINEAR is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BILINEAR mean?
- Linear in each of two variables when the other is held fixed, or relating to two lines.
- What letters can be added to BILINEAR?
- No single letter can be added to BILINEAR to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BILINEAR:
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