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Is bill a Scrabble word?

Yes, bill is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 6 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of bill?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (obsolete, law) A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong the complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a fault committed by some person against a law.Examples: "... the legion of bills in the suit have been transformed into mere bills of mortality ..."obsolete

2. (US, Canada) A piece of paper money; a banknote.Examples: "He gave the change for a three dollar bill. Upon examination, the bill proved to be counterfeit."; "[…]So I wropped 'em up in a five dollar bill and tied 'em up and sent 'em, and they ain't back yet.”"; "I ran into the Devil, babe, he loaned me 20 bills."CanadaUS

3. (US, Canada) A piece of paper money; a banknote.Examples: "There was no excuse, simply no excuse for not making four or five bills a week. A little initiative, that's all."; "All we got from her was Stranahan's location, and barely that. A house in the bay, she said. A house with a windmill. Easiest five bills that woman ever made."CanadaUSslang

4. (slang, UK) One hundred pounds sterling.Examples: "In the conversation Henshall says he "struggling to find people to go up the roads" explaining how it would be "no good for black people" and how they need a "young white boy to go up there". Stock agrees, saying how he knows "this kid" who "owes me 12 bills"."UKslang

5. (UK, Eton College) A list of pupils to be disciplined for breaking school rules.Examples: "One of the best stories of the period describes the misadventure of a batch of candidates for confirmation whose names were by accident sent up to the Head-Master on a piece of paper identical in size and shape with the "bill" used by the Masters for the purpose of reporting delinquents. Keate, we are told, insisted on flogging all the boys mentioned in the document […]"UK

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To advertise by a bill or public notice.Examples: "[...] it will be recalled that in 1960 they were billed as the long-distance express multiple-units of the future, [...]."Synonyms: placardtransitive

2. (transitive) To charge; to send a bill to.Examples: "The physician explains that this is an option for her and that she can sign the facility's ABN so that if Medicare denies the claim, the facility can bill her for the scan."Synonyms: chargetransitive

noun (English)

1. (zootomy) The beak of a bird, especially when small or flattish; sometimes also used with reference to a platypus, turtle, or other animal.Examples: "The woosel cock so black of hue, With orange-tawny bill, The throstle with his note so true, The wren with little quill[…]"; "[…] The flesh [of the mistletoe berry] is sticky, and forms strings and ribbons between my thumb and forefinger. For the mistletoe, this viscous goop – and by the way, viscous comes to English from viscum – is crucial. The stickiness means that, after eating the berries, birds often regurgitate the seeds and then wipe their bills on twigs – leading to the seeds' getting glued to the tree, where they can germinate and begin the cycle anew."Synonyms: beak, neb, nib, pecker

verb (English)

1. (obsolete) to peckobsolete

noun (English)

1. (nautical) The extremity of the arm of an anchor; the point of or beyond the fluke (also called the peak).

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To dig, chop, etc., with a bill.transitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "bill"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "bill"?

Scrabble
6 points
B3
I1
L1
L1
Words With Friends
9 points
B4
I1
L2
L2

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