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Is pillage a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word pillage is a Scrabble US word. The word pillage is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is pillage a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word pillage is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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Is pillage a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word pillage is a Words With Friends word. The word pillage is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

PILLAGE,

6-letter words (1 found)

PAIGLE,

5-letter words (9 found)

AGILE,GLIAL,ILEAL,LAPEL,LEGAL,PAGLE,PILAE,PILEA,PLAGE,

4-letter words (29 found)

EGAL,GALE,GALL,GAPE,GEAL,GILA,GILL,GLEI,GLIA,ILEA,LEAL,LEAP,LIPA,LIPE,PAGE,PAIL,PALE,PALI,PALL,PEAG,PEAL,PELA,PELL,PIAL,PILA,PILE,PILL,PLEA,PLIE,

3-letter words (30 found)

AGE,AIL,ALE,ALL,ALP,APE,ELL,GAE,GAL,GAP,GEL,GIE,GIP,ILL,LAG,LAP,LEA,LEG,LEI,LEP,LIE,LIG,LIP,PAL,PEA,PEG,PEL,PIA,PIE,PIG,

2-letter words (12 found)

AE,AG,AI,AL,EA,EL,GI,LA,LI,PA,PE,PI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 83 words from pillage according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of pillage

pillage

Etymology

From Old French pillage, from piller (“plunder”), from an unattested meaning of Late Latin piliō, probably a figurative use of Latin pilō (“I remove (hair)”), from pilus (“hair”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɪl.ɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈpɪl.əd͡ʒ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪlɪd͡ʒ

Verb

pillage (third-person singular simple present pillages, present participle pillaging, simple past and past participle pillaged)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To loot or plunder by force, especially in time of war.
    • 1911, Sabine Baring-Gould, Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe, Chapter VI: Cliff Castles—Continued,
      Archibald V. (1361-1397) was Count of Perigord. He was nominally under the lilies [France], but he pillaged indiscriminately in his county.

Translations

Noun

pillage (countable and uncountable, plural pillages)

  1. The spoils of war.
  2. The act of pillaging.

Synonyms

  • (spoils of war): See Thesaurus:booty

Translations

French

Etymology

From piller +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pi.jaʒ/

Noun

pillage m (plural pillages)

  1. pillage

Further reading

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

Norman

Etymology

From Old French pillage.

Noun

pillage m (plural pillages)

  1. (Jersey) looting

Related terms

  • pilleux (“looter”)

Old French

Noun

pillage oblique singular, m (oblique plural pillages, nominative singular pillages, nominative plural pillage)

  1. pillaging

Related terms

  • piller

Descendants

  • → English: pillage

Source: wiktionary.org