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Is billion a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word billion is a Scrabble US word. The word billion is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

B3I1L1L1I1O1N1

Is billion a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word billion is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

B3I1L1L1I1O1N1

Is billion a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word billion is a Words With Friends word. The word billion is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

B4I1L2L2I1O1N2

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7-letter words (1 found)

BILLION,

6-letter words (1 found)

BILLON,

5-letter words (1 found)

BLINI,

4-letter words (12 found)

BILL,BLIN,BOIL,BOLL,LILO,LINO,LION,LOBI,LOIN,NILL,NOIL,NOLL,

3-letter words (14 found)

BIN,BIO,BOI,BON,ILL,ION,LIB,LIN,LOB,NIB,NIL,NOB,OBI,OIL,

2-letter words (10 found)

BI,BO,IN,IO,LI,LO,NO,OB,OI,ON,

You can make 39 words from billion according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of billion

billion

Etymology

From French billion, from bi- (“two”) +‎ -illion.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: bĭl'yən, IPA(key): /ˈbɪljən/
  • Hyphenation: bil‧lion
  • Rhymes: -ɪljən

Numeral

billion (plural billions)

  1. (US, modern British & Australian, short scale) a thousand million (logic: 1,000 × 1,0002): 1 followed by nine zeros, 109; a milliard
  2. (dated, British & Australian, long scale) A million million (logic: 1,000,0002): a 1 followed by twelve zeros; 1012
  3. (colloquial, hyperbolic) An unspecified very large number.

Synonyms

  • (109): milliard, thousand million
  • (1012): trillion (short scale)

Derived terms

Related terms

  • trillion, coined at same time
  • zillion, coined after the series million, billion, trillion, quadrillion (modern slang)
  • gazillion, from same origin
  • -illion, from same origin

Descendants

Translations

See also

  • (short scale) Previous: million. Next trillion.
  • (long scale) Previous: milliard. Next billiard.
  • ISO prefix: giga-

Danish

Noun

billion

  1. 1012

Declension

French

Etymology

From bi- (“two”) +‎ -illion; i.e., a million million.

Coined by Jehan Adam in 1475 as by-million. Rendered as byllion by Nicolas Chuquet in 1484, in his article “Triparty en la science des nombres”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bi.ljɔ̃/

Numeral

billion m (plural billions)

  1. trillion (1012)
  2. (dated) billion (109)

Related terms

  • trillion, coined at same time

Descendants

  • → Catalan: bilió
  • → Portuguese: bilião, bilhão

References

Further reading

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

Middle French

Noun

billion m (plural billions)

  1. billion, a million-million, 1012

Source: wiktionary.org