BILIOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. BILIOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BILIOUS?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BILIOUS is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BILIOUS
No single letter turns BILIOUS into another word.
How BILIOUS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BILIOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 434,233.
What stands out about BILIOUS
- BILIOUS runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BILIOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Affected by or relating to bile, and so sickly, nauseous or bad-tempered.
Bilious once pointed to a supposed excess of bile that was blamed for gloom and irritability. Today it is used for a sickly colour, a queasy feeling or a sour mood.
How BILIOUS is used
Bilious is now chiefly literary or humorous.
- The walls were painted a bilious green.
- He woke up feeling bilious after the rich dinner.
- The critic wrote a bilious review of the play.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BILIOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BILIOUS
3 longer words begin with BILIOUS.
Shorter words from the letters in BILIOUS
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Common questions about BILIOUS
- Is BILIOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BILIOUS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BILIOUS worth?
- BILIOUS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BILIOUS mean?
- Affected by or relating to bile, and so sickly, nauseous or bad-tempered.
- What letters can be added to BILIOUS?
- No single letter can be added to BILIOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BILIOUS:
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