Is BILLOWED a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, BILLOWED is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 14 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does BILLOWED mean?
Billowed is a form of BILLOW.
- verb
rise up as if in waves
“smoke billowed up into the sky”
- noun
a large sea wave
- verb
move with great difficulty
“The soldiers billowed across the muddy riverbed”
- verb
rise and move, as in waves or billows
“The army surged forward”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
14
Scrabble
17
Words With Friends
8
Letters
B (3) + I (1) + L (1) + L (1) + O (1) + W (4) + E (1) + D (2) = 14 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 BILLOWED
BILLOWED 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 BILLOWED
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- blowed12
- bowled12
- bellow11
- billow11
- bowed11
- willed10
- below10
- bowel10
- elbow10
- billed9
- boiled9
- bolide9
- bolled9
- dowel9
- dowie9
- dwell9
- lowed9
- wield9
- wiled9
- blew9
- blow9
- bowl9
- bield8
- dobie8
- lobed8
- lewd8
- owed8
- weld8
- wide8
- wild8
- wold8
- bow8
- web8
- ollied7
- libel7
- obeli7
- bide7
- bled7
- bode7
- bold7
- dobe7
- lowe7
- lwei7
- owie7
- well7
- wile7
- will7
- dew7
- dow7
- wed7
- oiled6
- oldie6
- bell6
- bile6
- bill6
- boil6
- bole6
- boll6
- lobe6
- bed6
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