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Billows

Q: What does billows mean?

billows is the plural and third-person singular form of billow, which means “a large sea wave”. It has 5 meanings in total, listed above.

b ₃i ₁l ₁l ₁o ₁w ₄s ₁

About 2 syllables

noun · verb · 7 letters · Common · plural and third-person singular form of billow

Scrabble US & Canada : valid
Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
Words With Friends : valid
Wordle : not valid

What does billows mean?

noun

a large sea wave
Synonymssurge

verb

rise up as if in waves
“smoke billowed up into the sky”
Synonymswallow
move with great difficulty
“The soldiers billowed across the muddy riverbed”
rise and move, as in waves or billows
“The army surged forward”
Synonymssurge heave
become inflated
“The sails ballooned”
Synonymsballoon inflate

Definitions shown for billow, the base form of billows.

Is BILLOWS a valid word?

Game / word list	Valid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL)	Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS)	Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE)	Yes
Wordle (guess list)	No

How many points is BILLOWS worth?

Scrabble

12 pts

b ₃i ₁l ₁l ₁o ₁w ₄s ₁

Words With Friends

15 pts

b ₄i ₁l ₂l ₂o ₁w ₄s ₁

Wordfeud

13 pts

b ₄i ₁l ₁l ₁o ₁w ₄s ₁

NYT Crossplay

16 pts

b ₄i ₁l ₂l ₂o ₁w ₅s ₁

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in BILLOWS

Best shorter words top 30 of 71

billow 11 blows 10 bowls 10 blow 9 bowl 9 bows 9 swob 9 bow 8 swill 8 wills 8 bills 7 boils 7 bolls 7 lows 7 owls 7 slow 7 sowl 7 will 7 bill 6 bios 6 boil 6 bois 6 boll 6 libs 6 lobi 6 lobs 6 low 6 obis 6 owl 6 slob 6

See all 71 words made from BILLOWS

Words that end like BILLOWS

Common words that share the ending -OWS, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

borrows follows windows allows fellows arrows swallows bellows bestows burrows furrows gallows harrows hollows kowtows marrows meadows mellows minnows narrows pillows powwows shadows sorrows

All words ending in -OWS

Billows: quick answers

Is BILLOWS a valid Scrabble word?

Yes. BILLOWS is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 12 points before board bonuses.

How many points is BILLOWS worth?

BILLOWS scores 12 points in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends, 13 in Wordfeud and 16 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.

What does billows mean?

billows is the plural and third-person singular form of billow, which means “a large sea wave”. It has 5 meanings in total, listed above.

What words can you make with the letters in BILLOWS?

You can make 71 shorter words from BILLOWS, such as BILLOW, BLOWS, BOWLS, BLOW. See the full list.