Unscramble BALLABILE and you have 78 words, BALLABILE itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, BAILABLE and BILLABLE lead with 12 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from BALLABILE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 1 with 7, 7 with 6, 7 with 5, 25 with 4, 22 with 3 and 12 with 2.
LABELLA is the only one of the 7-letter words made with BALLABILE letters; it scores 9 points.
Keep every letter of BALLABILE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with BA · ending in LE · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by BAILABLE and BILLABLE (12 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
BALLABILE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALLABILE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 78) | 69 | 78 | 66 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BALLABILE, LABLAB, ABB, ALBE, BAEL, ALLEL, LILL, AIA and EA, 9 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BIBE, BEAL and BAE, 3 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of BALLABILE and one more.