Unscramble BALLANS and you have 72 words, BALLANS itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The 7 letters split into 2 vowels and 5 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of BALLANS at once for 59 in Scrabble (9 + 50) or 48 in Words With Friends (13 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from BALLANS by length: 1 with 7 letters, 3 with 6, 17 with 5, 22 with 4, 21 with 3 and 8 with 2.
Keep every letter of BALLANS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with BA · ending in NS · all 7-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ALBAS, BAALS, BALAS, BALLS, BALSA, BANAL, BASAL and SABAL (7 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BALLANS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALLANS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 72) | 60 | 72 | 56 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BALLANS, BALLAN, NABLAS, BASAN, NABLA, NALLAS, SNAB, LANAS, NALLA, LANA, ANS and NAS, 12 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SABAL, NALAS, NALA and SAN, 4 in all.
This word takes every letter of BALLANS plus a single extra one.