BILLINGSGATE is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. BILLINGSGATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BILLINGSGATE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BILLINGSGATE is to know. It scores 16 from 12 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BILLINGSGATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
billingsgatesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BILLINGSGATE scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in BILLINGSGATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 2 | 3 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BILLINGSGATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BILLINGSGATE mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
Coarse, abusive language of the kind once associated with the porters and sellers of London's old fish market.
The word comes from the market gate in London, where shouting and swearing were a daily soundtrack. Billingsgate now survives mostly in old novels, where a character pours out billingsgate at a rival.
How BILLINGSGATE is used
Billingsgate is dated and literary, and when capitalised it refers to the market itself.
- The coachman answered the complaint with a torrent of billingsgate.
- Nothing but billingsgate could be heard from the quarrelling neighbours.
- She was shocked by the billingsgate that spilled from the crowd.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BILLINGSGATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BILLINGSGATE
1 longer words begin with BILLINGSGATE.
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Common questions about BILLINGSGATE
- Is BILLINGSGATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BILLINGSGATE, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BILLINGSGATE worth?
- BILLINGSGATE is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BILLINGSGATE mean?
- Coarse, abusive language of the kind once associated with the porters and sellers of London's old fish market.
- What letters can be added to BILLINGSGATE?
- BILLINGSGATE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of BILLINGSGATE:
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