BILLION

“BILLION” is a valid word.

9 Scrabble points

13 Words with Friends

7 letters

Definition

the number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros; in the United Kingdom the usage followed in the United States is frequently seen
a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)
the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros

denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States
denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items or units in Great Britain

bliniRussian pancake of buckwheat flour and yeast; usually served with caviar and sour cream

billa statute in draft before it becomes law
lionlarge gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male
boila painful sore with a hard core filled with pus
loina cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the rump
linoa floor covering
bollthe rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant
nill
blin
noil

oila slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
illan often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
bina container; usually has a lid
linUnited States sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (born in 1959)
bio
iona particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative); an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electrons
nila quantity of no importance
lib
loban easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc
nobinformal term for an upper-class or wealthy person
obi(West Indies) followers of a religious system involving witchcraft and sorcery
nibthe writing point of a pen

ina unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
onin operation or operational
noa negative
lia soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group; the lightest metal known; occurs in several minerals
bo
lo
bia heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically); usually recovered as a by-product from ores of other metals