Is BILLBUG valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts BILLBUG, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is BILLBUG worth?

BILLBUG is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to BILLBUG?

BILLBUG takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.

BILLBUG is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points

Yes. BILLBUG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.

b3i1l1l1b3u1g2

PlayableBILLBUG · 7 letters · 12 pts Scrabble · 18 pts WWF

12points in Scrabble

18points in Words with Friends

7letters

1hook available

1 in 24,703 thousandodds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept BILLBUG?

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: 48 / 100

48WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

1.71

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

full rack

Tile availability 20%

Our own measure of how useful BILLBUG is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for BILLBUG

Front hooks — 0

None.

Back hooks — 1

billbugs13

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How BILLBUG scores

Scrabble b3i1l1l1b3u1g2 12

Words with Friends b4i1l2l2b4u2g3 18

Face value of the 7 tiles in BILLBUG, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
b	2	2
i	1	9
l	2	4
u	1	4
g	1	3

Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 24,703 thousand.

Words starting with BILLBUG

billbugs13

1 longer words begin with BILLBUG.

Shorter words from the letters in BILLBUG

bulbil10 blub8 bulb8 glib7 bill6 bull6 gill5 gull5 iglu5 ugli5 bib7 bub7 big6 bug6 gib6 gub6 lib5 gul4 lig4 lug4 ill3 bi4 ib4 gi3 gu3 ug3 li2

Common questions about BILLBUG

Is BILLBUG valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts BILLBUG, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is BILLBUG worth?: BILLBUG is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
What letters can be added to BILLBUG?: BILLBUG takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.

Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BILLBUG:

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