BILLET is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BILLET 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 BILLET?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BILLET is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BILLET
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
billetsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BILLET scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BILLET, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 153,299.
What does BILLET mean in Scrabble?
noun
Temporary lodging assigned to a soldier, especially a private house or building requisitioned to house troops.
A billet is arranged by written order rather than chosen by the soldier, and in wartime this often meant a private family taking in one or more soldiers under official instruction rather than by choice. The same word grew a lighter, figurative sense in everyday speech, where a person's billet means simply their job or assigned post, as in finding oneself a comfortable billet in a new department. A separate, older meaning of billet names a short personal note or letter, and a completely different sense refers to a short, thick piece of wood, such as firewood cut to length.
How BILLET is used
Chiefly historical and military in the lodging sense, though "billet" for a job or post still appears in casual British speech.
- The family took in two soldiers as a wartime billet.
- He found a comfortable billet in the quartermaster's office.
- Troops were given a billet in the village school.
- She wrote a short billet to the departing officer.
- They stacked a billet of oak beside the fireplace.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BILLET and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BILLET
8 longer words begin with BILLET.
Shorter words from the letters in BILLET
Common questions about BILLET
- Is BILLET valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BILLET, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BILLET worth?
- BILLET is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BILLET mean?
- Temporary lodging assigned to a soldier, especially a private house or building requisitioned to house troops.
- What letters can be added to BILLET?
- BILLET takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BILLET:
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