Unscramble balkily

Unscramble BALKILY and you have 54 words, BALKILY itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 16 points: LIKABLY. It has 7 letters, 2 vowels and 5 consonants. All 7 tiles of BALKILY in one turn: 66 in Scrabble (16 + 50), 53 in Words With Friends (18 + 35).

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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.

Possible Words From balkily

By length, the words from BALKILY split into 2 with 7 letters, 6 with 5, 18 with 4, 15 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 6 letters.

7 Letter Words You Can Make with balkily

BALKILY and 1 anagram, LIKABLY, make up the 7-letter words made with BALKILY letters; each scores 16 points.

5 Letter Words You Can Make with balkily

BALKY tops the 5-letter words in BALKILY at 14 points; next come ALKYL on 12 and KIBLA on 11. BALLY will look familiar.

4 Letter Words You Can Make with balkily

ALKY and LAKY share the top score of 11 among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BALKILY. BILL, BALL and KILL are the ones most people know.

3 Letter Words You Can Make with balkily

The 3-letter words from BALKILY are led by KAY and YAK, 10 points each. ALL, BAY and LAB are the familiar ones.

2 Letter Words You Can Make with balkily

KY tops the 2-letter words made with BALKILY letters at 9 points; next come BY on 7 and KA on 6.

Neighbor Words of BALKILY

These 6 words have the length of BALKILY, with one letter different:

More 7-letter words: starting with BA · ending in LY · all 7-letter words

Definitions for the Top BALKILY Plays

What BALKILY means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.

Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends

BALKILY 16 · 18
in a balky manner
LIKABLY 16 · 18
in a likable manner
BALKY 14 · 15
not yielding
ALKYL 12 · 13
a univalent radical
ALKY 11 · 11
one who is habitually drunk
KIBLA 11 · 13
the direction toward which Muslims face while praying
LAKY 11 · 11
of the color of blood
BALK 10 · 12
to stop short and refuse to proceed

Can You Play BALKILY in Scrabble and Words With Friends?

BALKILY works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.

GameScrabble USScrabble UKWords With Friends*
BALKILY itselfYesYesYes
Answers accepted (of 54)495447

* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.

Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BLAY, KY, KALI, LAIK and KAI, 5 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LIKABLY and KI, 2 in all.

One Extra Tile and BALKILY Grows

Each word below uses all the letters of BALKILY and one more.

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