268 words come out when you unscramble BALKANISE, starting with BALKANISE itself: 15 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from BALKANISE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 8, 16 with 7, 43 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
8 of 43 6-letter words from BALKANISE tie at 12 points; none scores more. KINASE, ALIENS and SALINE will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BALKANISE, the top score is 11, reached by 17. LINKS, BANKS and BLANK are the familiar ones.
13 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BALKANISE tie at 10 points; none scores more. LIKE, LINK and BANK will look familiar.
KAB and KEB share the top score of 9 among the 3-letter words from BALKANISE. ASK, BIN and LAB are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of BALKANISE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with BA · ending in SE · all 9-letter words
What BALKANISE means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BALKANISE is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALKANISE itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 268) | 201 | 268 | 190 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LIBKENS, SEABANK, BANAKS, LIBKEN, NIKABS, ABASK, AKENIAL, BAKEN, BANAK, BINKS, NABKS, NIKAB and 55 more, 67 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BALKANISE, BLANKIES, AKEBIAS, BLANKIE, AKEBIA, ALKIE, SIKA, KIS, KI, BAE and BES, 11 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of BALKANISE spell the words below.