Unscramble BALANCES to get 187 words. BALANCES itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
B34A1L12A1N12C34E1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BALANCES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 10 with 6, 51 with 5, 60 with 4, 47 with 3 and 15 with 2.
5 of 51 5-letter words from BALANCES tie at 9 points; none scores more. CABLE, SCALE and CLEAN will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BALANCES, 6 score 8 points, the group's best. CASE, ABLE and BASE are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words made with BALANCES letters, BAC and CAB tie for first at 7 points. CAN, SEA and SEC are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of BALANCES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with BA · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
The meaning of BALANCES, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. BALANCES is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALANCES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 187) | 150 | 187 | 138 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 37 of them: ABACS, BANSELA, CABAS, ABAC, ANCLES, BACS, CABA, NABLAS, SCALAE, ANCLE, BAC, BAELS and 25 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: BANCS, BANC, BEALS, SABAL, BAES, BEAL, CALS, BAE, BES, CAL, NALAS and SAN.
These 3 words take every letter of BALANCES plus a single extra one.