87 words come out when you unscramble BALLADED, starting with BALLADED itself: 12 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
B34A1L12L12A1D2E1D2
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from BALLADED by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 6 with 6, 14 with 5, 26 with 4, 25 with 3 and 13 with 2.
Keep every letter of BALLADED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with BA · ending in ED · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ADDABLE (11 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BALLADED 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALLADED itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 87) | 76 | 87 | 71 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BALLADED, LABDA, BLAD, DALED, ALBE, ALDEA, BAEL, DALLE, DAAL, DAE and EA, 11 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BEDAD, ABLED, BEAL, BAE and DA, 5 in all.