BILLON is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BILLON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BILLON?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BILLON is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BILLON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
billonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BILLON scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BILLON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What does BILLON mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A low-value alloy of silver or gold mixed with a large proportion of a base metal such as copper, once widely used to mint coins.
Rulers and mints turned to billon when they wanted coins that still looked and rang like precious metal while using far less actual silver or gold, stretching scarce bullion during times of war or financial strain. Because billon coins darken and wear more visibly than pure silver ones, collectors can often spot a debased billon issue at a glance, and a sudden drop in a coinage's silver content is a classic sign of a treasury under pressure. Medieval European mints produced enormous quantities of billon coinage, and historians still study it today to trace the rise and fall of a currency's value over time.
How BILLON is used
A specialist term used mainly in the study of coins and the history of currency.
- The hoard contained mostly worn billon coins from the fourteenth century.
- Collectors prize full-silver issues over debased billon ones.
- The mint switched to billon during the wartime silver shortage.
- A billon coin tarnishes far faster than pure silver.
- Historians track billon content to date the coinage reform.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BILLON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BILLON
1 longer words begin with BILLON.
Shorter words from the letters in BILLON
Common questions about BILLON
- Is BILLON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BILLON, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BILLON worth?
- BILLON is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BILLON mean?
- A low-value alloy of silver or gold mixed with a large proportion of a base metal such as copper, once widely used to mint coins.
- What letters can be added to BILLON?
- BILLON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BILLON:
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