Unscramble BALISES and you have 147 words, BALISES itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. BALISES has 3 anagrams here, ABSEILS, ISABELS and LABISES, scoring 9 like BALISES itself. 7 shorter words score 8, among them BIASES, SABLES and ABSEIL. The 7 letters split into 3 vowels and 4 consonants. All 7 tiles of BALISES in one turn: 59 in Scrabble (9 + 50), 46 in Words With Friends (11 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from BALISES by length: 4 with 7 letters, 12 with 6, 36 with 5, 48 with 4, 32 with 3 and 15 with 2.
36 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BALISES; 23 of them share the top score of 7. SALES, BASIS and BASES are everyday picks.
Among 48 4-letter words from BALISES, the top score is 6, reached by 24. SALE, LESS and ABLE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of BALISES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with BA · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ABSEILS (9 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: BALISES is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALISES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 147) | 118 | 147 | 110 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
29 of the 147 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BALISES, ISABELS, LABISES, BALISE, BLAISE, ISABEL, ABIES, BAELS, BASSE, BLAES, LABIS, SLEBS and 17 more. 8 of the 147 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BEALS, BAES, BEAL, LIASES, BAE, BES, LASSI and LIAS.
Each word below uses all the letters of BALISES and one more.