Unscramble BALKINGS to get 229 words. BALKINGS itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. BASKING, BAKINGS and BALKING are the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from BALKINGS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 8 with 7, 25 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 58 with 3 and 17 with 2.
BAKING scores highest among the 6-letter words in BALKINGS at 13 points, ahead of BLANKS and BLINKS on 12. SIGNAL, ASKING and BASING are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words from BALKINGS; 9 of them share the top score of 11. LINKS, BANKS and BLANK are everyday picks.
8 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BALKINGS tie at 10 points; none scores more. LINK, BANK and KING will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words made with BALKINGS letters, KAB leads with 9 points, then GAK on 8 and ASK on 7. BIG, GAS and BIN are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of BALKINGS, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with BA · ending in GS · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by BAKINGS, BALKING and BASKING (14 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts BALKINGS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALKINGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 229) | 177 | 229 | 160 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BALKINGS, NIKABS, BINKS, GLAIKS, KLANGS, NABKS, NIKAB, AKING, BINK, GLAIK, GLISK, KAING and 40 more, 52 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BALINGS, GANKS, BLINGS, GANK, BLAGS, BLING, SIKA, BING, BLAG, KIS, KI, SIGLA and 5 more, 17 in all.
These 3 words take every letter of BALKINGS plus a single extra one.