Unscramble BALLADISTS and you have 251 words, BALLADISTS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. BALLADIST is the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
B34A1L12L12A1D2I1S1T1S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from BALLADISTS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 4 with 8, 10 with 7, 36 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 58 with 3 and 20 with 2.
Among 36 6-letter words you get when you unscramble BALLADISTS, the top score is 9, reached by 4. STILLS, SALADS and BALLAD are the familiar ones.
60 5-letter words from BALLADISTS; 4 of them share the top score of 8. BASIS, BILLS and BALLS are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words in BALLADISTS, the top score is 7, reached by 7. DATA, SAID and BILL are the familiar ones.
4 of 58 3-letter words made with BALLADISTS letters tie at 6 points; none scores more. ALL, ITS and BAD will look familiar.
Trade one tile of BALLADISTS for another and you can spell this word:
More 10-letter words: starting with BA · ending in TS · all 10-letter words
What BALLADISTS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BALLADISTS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALLADISTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 251) | 190 | 251 | 181 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 61 of them: BALISTAS, BALISTA, BALLATS, IBADAT, LABDAS, STADIALS, ABSITS, BAISAS, BALLAT, BASTIS, BLADS, LABDA and 49 more. Words With Friends* skips 9 of them: BALLISTAS, BALTIS, SABALS, BALTI, SABAL, SALATS, DAS, ATS and DA.