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Is bilge a Scrabble word?

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

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Is bilge a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is bilge a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word bilge is a Words With Friends word. The word bilge is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (2 found)

BILGE,GIBEL,

4-letter words (4 found)

BILE,GIBE,GLEI,GLIB,

3-letter words (11 found)

BEG,BEL,BIG,GEL,GIB,GIE,LEG,LEI,LIB,LIE,LIG,

2-letter words (5 found)

BE,BI,EL,GI,LI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 23 words from bilge according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of bilge

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Definitions and meaning of bilge

bilge

Etymology

Likely derived from bulge. Compare Middle English bulgen (“to ground or scuttle a ship”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɪld͡ʒ/

Noun

bilge (countable and uncountable, plural bilges)

  1. (nautical) The rounded portion of a ship's hull, forming a transition between the bottom and the sides.
  2. (nautical) The lowest inner part of a ship's hull, where water accumulates.
  3. (uncountable) The water accumulated in the bilge; bilge water.
  4. (slang, uncountable) Stupid talk or writing; nonsense.
    talk bilge
    complete bilge
  5. The bulging part of a barrel or cask.

Translations

Verb

bilge (third-person singular simple present bilges, present participle bilging, simple past and past participle bilged)

  1. (nautical, intransitive) To spring a leak in the bilge.
  2. (intransitive) To bulge or swell.
  3. (nautical, transitive) To break open the bilge(s) of.

Related terms

  • bilgewater / bilge water
  • bilge keel
  • bilge pump

Translations

Anagrams

  • blige, gibel

Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic 𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰀 (b²il²ga /⁠bilge⁠/, “wise”), from 𐰋𐰃𐰠 (b²il² /⁠bil-⁠/, “to know”) + 𐰏𐰀 (ga /⁠-ge⁠/). Compare bil- (“to know”). Fallen into disuse since the 15th century, but revived in 1935 in the campaign by the Türk Dil Kurumu to replace many loanwords by words with native Turkic roots.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bilˈɟe/

Adjective

bilge

  1. wise, sage, profound
    Synonym: hakim

Noun

bilge (definite accusative bilgeyi, plural bilgeler)

  1. wise person
  2. polymath

See also

  • akıllı
  • bilgin
  • zeki
  • alim

Source: wiktionary.org