Is BILLFISHES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, BILLFISHES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 18 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does BILLFISHES mean?
Billfishes is a form of BILLFISH.
- noun
primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth
- noun
giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw
- noun
slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters
- noun
elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
18
Scrabble
20
Words With Friends
10
Letters
B (3) + I (1) + L (1) + L (1) + F (4) + I (1) + S (1) + H (4) + E (1) + S (1) = 18 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 BILLFISHES
BILLFISHES 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 BILLFISHES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- billfish16
- hisself13
- selfish13
- elfish12
- fishes12
- bishes11
- flesh11
- shelf11
- fillies10
- fissile10
- fehs10
- fish10
- billies9
- filles9
- shells9
- shiels9
- shills9
- bish9
- fibs9
- feh9
- billie8
- ibises8
- libels8
- fells8
- files8
- fille8
- fills8
- flies8
- heils8
- hells8
- hills8
- seifs8
- selfs8
- shell8
- shiel8
- shies8
- shill8
- fib8
- sillies7
- bells7
- biles7
- bills7
- bises7
- bless7
- bliss7
- libel7
- elhi7
- fell7
- fess7
- file7
- fill7
- fils7
- heil7
- hell7
- hies7
- hili7
- hill7
- hiss7
- lief7
- life7
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