BULLION is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. BULLION is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BULLION?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BULLION is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BULLION
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bullionsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BULLION scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BULLION, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 771,970.
What does BULLION mean in Scrabble?
noun
Gold or silver in bulk, such as bars or ingots, valued by its weight rather than as coin.
Banks and governments hold bullion as a store of wealth because its worth depends on metal content alone. In older dress, the word also names heavy twisted gold or silver thread used for fringes and braid.
How BULLION is used
Used in finance and trade for precious metal held as bars, and in sewing for metallic embroidery cord called bullion.
- The central bank stored its bullion in a vault deep below the city.
- Thieves in the film made off with a van full of gold bullion.
- The general's epaulets were trimmed with thick bullion fringe.
- Prices for silver bullion rose sharply during the crisis.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BULLION and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BULLION
3 longer words begin with BULLION.
Shorter words from the letters in BULLION
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Common questions about BULLION
- Is BULLION valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BULLION, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BULLION worth?
- BULLION is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BULLION mean?
- Gold or silver in bulk, such as bars or ingots, valued by its weight rather than as coin.
- What letters can be added to BULLION?
- BULLION takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BULLION:
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