Unscramble BALLASTER and you have 287 words, BALLASTER itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from BALLASTER split into 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 23 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
19 of 23 7-letter words in BALLASTER tie at 9 points; none scores more. LATERAL, STELLAR and BLASTER will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble BALLASTER, 38 score 8 points, the group's best. BREAST, TABLES and ALERTS are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words from BALLASTER scores 7. TABLE, LABEL and BEARS are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words from BALLASTER, the top score is 6, reached by 44. BEST, AREA and ABLE are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words in BALLASTER, 18 score 5 points, the group's best. ARE, ALL and SET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of BALLASTER but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with BA · ending in ER · all 9-letter words
What BALLASTER means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BALLASTER is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALLASTER itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 287) | 235 | 287 | 222 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
52 of the 287 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EARBALLS, ALBERTS, ARBLAST, ASTABLE, BALLATS, BATLERS, EARBALL, SABELLA, ABEARS, ABLETS, ALBERT, BALLAT and 40 more. 13 of the 287 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BALLASTER, RATABLES, LABRAL, SABLER, BEALS, SABAL, BAES, BEAL, BAE, BES, ATS, EST and 1 more.
With one more tile, the letters of BALLASTER spell the words below.