IVORYBILL is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. IVORYBILL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept IVORYBILL?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful IVORYBILL is to know. It scores 17 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for IVORYBILL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ivorybillsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How IVORYBILL scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in IVORYBILL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 2 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so IVORYBILL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does IVORYBILL mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A very large black-and-white woodpecker of the south-eastern United States and Cuba, now almost extinct.
The ivorybill takes its name from its pale, chisel-like beak. Birdwatchers have searched swamp forests for it for decades, and each reported sighting of an ivorybill causes great excitement.
How IVORYBILL is used
Used in birdwatching and conservation writing about this rare woodpecker.
- The ivorybill was once thought to be gone for good.
- Searchers combed the swamp hoping to glimpse an ivorybill.
- An ivorybill needs large tracts of old forest.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of IVORYBILL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with IVORYBILL
1 longer words begin with IVORYBILL.
Shorter words from the letters in IVORYBILL
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Common questions about IVORYBILL
- Is IVORYBILL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts IVORYBILL, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is IVORYBILL worth?
- IVORYBILL is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does IVORYBILL mean?
- A very large black-and-white woodpecker of the south-eastern United States and Cuba, now almost extinct.
- What letters can be added to IVORYBILL?
- IVORYBILL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of IVORYBILL:
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