Is HORNBILLS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, HORNBILLS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 14 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does HORNBILLS mean?
Hornbills is a form of HORNBILL.
- noun
bird of tropical Africa and Asia having a very large bill surmounted by a bony protuberance; related to kingfishers
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
14
Scrabble
17
Words With Friends
9
Letters
H (4) + O (1) + R (1) + N (1) + B (3) + I (1) + L (1) + L (1) + S (1) = 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 HORNBILLS
HORNBILLS 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 HORNBILLS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- hornbill13
- billons9
- brillos9
- hillos9
- rhinos9
- shrill9
- bish9
- bosh9
- hobs9
- billon8
- brillo8
- brills8
- broils8
- robins8
- hillo8
- hills8
- horns8
- rhino8
- roshi8
- shill8
- shorl8
- shorn8
- hob8
- bills7
- birls7
- biros7
- bison7
- boils7
- bolls7
- brill7
- brins7
- brios7
- broil7
- robin7
- hill7
- hins7
- hisn7
- hols7
- hons7
- horn7
- nosh7
- rhos7
- shin7
- shri7
- sinh7
- bill6
- bins6
- bios6
- birl6
- biro6
- blin6
- boil6
- boll6
- born6
- brin6
- brio6
- bris6
- bros6
- libs6
- lobs6
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