Unscramble BALISE and you have 98 words, BALISE itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. It has 3 anagrams, each with the same 8 points: ABSEIL, BLAISE and ISABEL. The 6 letters split into 3 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BALISE by length: 4 with 6 letters, 13 with 5, 37 with 4, 29 with 3 and 15 with 2.
21 of 37 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BALISE tie at 6 points; none scores more. SALE, ABLE and BASE will look familiar.
Trade one tile of BALISE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 6-letter words: starting with BA · ending in SE · all 6-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ABSEIL (8 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BALISE is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALISE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 98) | 82 | 98 | 76 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BALISE, BLAISE, ISABEL, ABIES, BAELS, BLAES, LABIS, ALBE, BAEL, SLEB, SEIL, SILE and 4 more, 16 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BEALS, BAES, BEAL, BAE, BES and LIAS, 6 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of BALISE and one more.