BILLOWY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. BILLOWY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BILLOWY?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BILLOWY is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BILLOWY
No single letter turns BILLOWY into another word.
How BILLOWY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BILLOWY, 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 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,632 thousand.
What stands out about BILLOWY
- The letters of BILLOWY 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 BILLOWY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Rising or moving in large rounded swells, like waves or heavy clouds.
Billowy suggests soft, rolling volume rather than sharp edges. Writers use billowy for sails, smoke, skirts and hair as readily as for the sea.
How BILLOWY is used
Billowy is a descriptive adjective, usually placed before a noun such as clouds, curtains or sleeves.
- She wore a billowy white shirt that moved in the breeze.
- Billowy clouds drifted slowly over the hills.
- The billowy curtains filled the room with light.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BILLOWY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BILLOWY
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Common questions about BILLOWY
- Is BILLOWY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BILLOWY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BILLOWY worth?
- BILLOWY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BILLOWY mean?
- Rising or moving in large rounded swells, like waves or heavy clouds.
- What letters can be added to BILLOWY?
- No single letter can be added to BILLOWY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BILLOWY:
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