6 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
noun a short personal letter
noun lodging for military personnel (especially in a private home)
noun a job in an organization
originFrom Middle English billet, bylet, belet, billette, from Old French billette, from bille (“log, tree trunk”), from Vulgar Latin *bilia, probably of Gaulish origin (compare Old Irish bile (“tree”)).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0