Unscramble BALKINGLY and you have 182 words, BALKINGLY itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. 4 shorter words score 16, among them BLANKLY, BALKILY and BYKING. It has 9 letters, 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
B34A1L12K5I1N12G23L12Y43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from BALKINGLY split into 1 with 9 letters, 7 with 7, 14 with 6, 39 with 5, 60 with 4, 42 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 8 letters.
The best of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BALKINGLY is BALKY, 14 points; KYANG on 13 and ALKYL on 12 follow. BLANK, LYING and ALIGN are everyday picks.
4 of 60 4-letter words from BALKINGLY tie at 11 points; none scores more. LINK, BILL and BANK will look familiar.
Keep every letter of BALKINGLY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with BA · ending in LY · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with BALKILY, BLANKLY and LIKABLY (16 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BALKINGLY 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALKINGLY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 182) | 150 | 182 | 139 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 32 of them: BALKINGLY, BYKING, BLANKY, KYANG, BLINGY, BINGY, NIKAB, AKING, BINK, GLAIK, KAING, KLANG and 20 more. Words With Friends* skips 11 of them: LIKABLY, KYLIN, BLINY, GANK, BLING, LAYIN, BING, BLAG, YAG, KI and GI.
This word takes every letter of BALKINGLY plus a single extra one.