HORNBILL is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. HORNBILL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HORNBILL?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HORNBILL is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HORNBILL
Front hooks — 1
thornbillBack hooks — 1
hornbillsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HORNBILL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in HORNBILL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HORNBILL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HORNBILL mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A large tropical bird with an enormous curved bill, often topped by a bony casque.
Hornbills live in Africa and southern Asia. In many species the male walls the female into a tree hollow with mud, leaving a narrow slit through which he feeds her while she nests. Their loud wingbeats can be heard from far away.
How HORNBILL is used
Used in nature writing and zoology about this family of birds.
- A hornbill landed on the branch above us.
- The hornbill carried a fig in its huge beak.
- Visitors wait at dawn to photograph the hornbill.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HORNBILL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HORNBILL
1 longer words begin with HORNBILL.
Shorter words from the letters in HORNBILL
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Common questions about HORNBILL
- Is HORNBILL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HORNBILL, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HORNBILL worth?
- HORNBILL is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HORNBILL mean?
- A large tropical bird with an enormous curved bill, often topped by a bony casque.
- What letters can be added to HORNBILL?
- HORNBILL takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of HORNBILL:
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