Unscramble BAALISMS and you have 188 words, BAALISMS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, BAALISM, BALSAMS and SAMBALS lead with 11 points. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BAALISMS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 7, 16 with 6, 53 with 5, 60 with 4, 39 with 3 and 14 with 2.
53 5-letter words from BAALISMS; 9 of them share the top score of 9. BASIS, ALIAS and SAMBA are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BAALISMS, the top score is 8, reached by 8. MAIL, MASS and MISS are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of BAALISMS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with BA · ending in MS · all 8-letter words
BAALISMS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BAALISMS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAALISMS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 188) | 158 | 188 | 150 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 30 of them: SIMBAS, ALISMAS, SIMBA, ALISMA, BAISAS, AMLAS, ASSAM, BAISA, LABIS, MALAS, MALIS, MISSA and 18 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: SAMBALS, SAMBAL, SABALS, MASAS, SABAL, MASA, LASSI and LIAS.
Each word below uses all the letters of BAALISMS and one more.