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Yes. The word bailli is a Scrabble US word. The word bailli is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word bailli is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

B3A1I1L1L1I1

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6-letter words (1 found)

BAILLI,

5-letter words (3 found)

ALIBI,BIALI,ILIAL,

4-letter words (4 found)

BAIL,BALL,BILL,ILIA,

3-letter words (7 found)

AIL,ALB,ALL,BAL,ILL,LAB,LIB,

2-letter words (7 found)

AB,AI,AL,BA,BI,LA,LI,

You can make 22 words from bailli according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of bailli

bailli

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French bailif (nominative singular bailis), itself from baillir or baillier, or from Vulgar Latin *bāiulivus (possibly as an early borrowing), from Latin baiulus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba.ji/

Noun

bailli m (plural baillis)

  1. (historical) a bailiff: an appointee of the king administering certain districts of northern France in the medieval period

Further reading

  • “bailli”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norman

Etymology 1

From Old French baillier, from Latin bāiulāre, present active infinitive of bāiulō (“I carry a burden”), from bāiulus (“one who bears burdens, porter, carrier”).

Verb

bailli

  1. (France, Jersey) to give
Conjugation
Alternative forms
  • baillier (Guernsey)
Synonyms
  • donner
Antonyms
  • prendre (“to take”)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old French bailif, from Late Latin *bāiulivus (possibly as an early borrowing), from Classical Latin bāiulus (“one who bears burdens, porter, carrier”).

Noun

bailli m (plural baillis)

  1. (Jersey, law) bailiff

Source: wiktionary.org