bidonville

Valid in Scrabble

Pronunciation

/ˈbi.dɔnˌvil/

See all 2 pronunciations

/ˈbi.dɔnˌvil/ · /ˈbi.dɔnˌvi.əl/

Definition of bidonville

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

A shantytown or slum, in French-speaking regions.

“With the population growth in the jhopadpattis, favelas, bastis and bidonvilles higher than any other environment in the world, we are seeing the emergence of Megaslums, where one million urban poor live in an area measuring just 1.5 square miles.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Unadapted borrowing from French bidonville

200+ playable · top: BOVINE (11 pts)

3 words

19 words

44 words

80 words

47 words

6 words

1 extension · 1 back

A single letter you can add to bidonville to make another valid word.

See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes bidonville, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.

Find more plays Browse word lists