BILLOW is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. BILLOW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BILLOW?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BILLOW is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BILLOW
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BILLOW scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BILLOW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 689,845.
What stands out about BILLOW
- The letters of BILLOW run in alphabetical order from first to last.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BILLOW mean in Scrabble?
noun
A great rolling wave of the sea, or a large swelling mass of smoke, cloud or cloth.
Originally a sailor's word for a big ocean wave, billow later spread to anything that rolls and swells in the same way. Smoke leaves a chimney in billows, sails and curtains fill into billows, and poets speak of the billows of the sea. As a verb it means to rise or swell out like that.
How BILLOW is used
Often plural in poetic writing; the verb billow is equally common.
- A billow of black smoke rose from the roof.
- The ship climbed each billow and slid down the far side.
- She watched the white billow of the curtain lift in the breeze.
- Every billow broke over the rocks with a roar.
- A billow of steam hid the engine from view.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BILLOW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BILLOW
9 longer words begin with BILLOW.
Shorter words from the letters in BILLOW
Common questions about BILLOW
- Is BILLOW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BILLOW, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BILLOW worth?
- BILLOW is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BILLOW mean?
- A great rolling wave of the sea, or a large swelling mass of smoke, cloud or cloth.
- What letters can be added to BILLOW?
- BILLOW takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BILLOW:
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