Is BILGEWATERS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, BILGEWATERS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 17 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does BILGEWATERS mean?
Bilgewaters is a form of BILGEWATER.
- noun
pretentious or silly talk or writing
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
17
Scrabble
20
Words With Friends
11
Letters
B (3) + I (1) + L (1) + G (2) + E (1) + W (4) + A (1) + T (1) + E (1) + R (1) + S (1) = 17 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for BILGEWATERS
BILGEWATERS has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from BILGEWATERS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- bilgewater16
- bewailers14
- brawliest14
- warbliest14
- writeable14
- brewages14
- bewailer13
- stewable13
- writable13
- brewage13
- weigelas12
- wergelts12
- bawlers12
- bawties12
- bestrew12
- bewails12
- bewares12
- blewits12
- brawest12
- brawlie12
- sewable12
- warbles12
- website12
- webster12
- wirable12
- bewigs12
- beastlier11
- bleariest11
- liberates11
- absterge11
- batgirls11
- beaglers11
- gilberts11
- sweatier11
- wasterie11
- weariest11
- earwigs11
- weigela11
- wergelt11
- wiglets11
- bawler11
- bawtie11
- bewail11
- beware11
- blewit11
- brawls11
- brewis11
- warble11
- webers11
- bewig11
- abseiler10
- arbelest10
- blastier10
- blearest10
- bleaters10
- liberate10
- librates10
- restable10
- retables10
- bareges10
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