BILSTED is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BILSTED is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BILSTED?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BILSTED is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BILSTED
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bilstedsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BILSTED scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BILSTED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 192,992.
What does BILSTED mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
A North American tree, the sweet gum, with star-shaped leaves and prickly round fruit.
The bilsted is valued for its glowing red autumn colour and for the fragrant resin that gives the tree its alternative name. Its hard, finely grained timber is sold as satin walnut for furniture and veneer.
How BILSTED is used
Bilsted is a regional and botanical term for the tree usually called sweet gum.
- A bilsted shaded the porch of the old farmhouse.
- Children collected the spiky fruit that fell from the bilsted.
- The carpenter chose bilsted for the panelling.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BILSTED and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BILSTED
1 longer words begin with BILSTED.
Shorter words from the letters in BILSTED
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Common questions about BILSTED
- Is BILSTED valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BILSTED, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BILSTED worth?
- BILSTED is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BILSTED mean?
- A North American tree, the sweet gum, with star-shaped leaves and prickly round fruit.
- What letters can be added to BILSTED?
- BILSTED takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BILSTED:
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