Unscramble BALKIEST to get 248 words. BALKIEST itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, BATLIKE and SKIABLE lead with 13 points. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from BALKIEST by length: 1 with 8 letters, 12 with 7, 31 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
Of the 31 6-letter words in BALKIEST, 4 score 12 points, the group's best. BASKET, TABLES and STABLE are the ones most people know.
9 of 60 5-letter words from BALKIEST tie at 11 points; none scores more. TAKES, TALKS and LAKES will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BALKIEST, 10 score 10 points, the group's best. LIKE, TAKE and ABLE are the ones most people know.
KAB and KEB are the top 3-letter words you get when you unscramble BALKIEST, 9 points each. ITS, LET and ASK will look familiar.
Keep every letter of BALKIEST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with BA · ending in ST · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with BATLIKE and SKIABLE (13 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. BALKIEST 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALKIEST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 248) | 193 | 248 | 175 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: KEBS, LASKET, SKLATE, KAIES, KALIS, KATIS, KEB, LAIKS, LIBATES, SITKA, SKAIL, TAKIS and 43 more, 55 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ABLEIST, ALKIE, KELTS, KETAS, SAKTI, BALTIS, KELT, KETA, SIKA, BALTI, BEALS, KIS and 6 more, 18 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of BALKIEST spell the words below.