Unscramble BALLASTING and you have 312 words, BALLASTING itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are BALLATING and BANGTAILS, 12 points each. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from BALLASTING by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 12 with 8, 36 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
Among 36 7-letter words you get when you unscramble BALLASTING, the top score is 10, reached by 11. INSTALL, LASTING and BALLAST are the familiar ones.
6 of 60 6-letter words from BALLASTING tie at 9 points; none scores more. SIGNAL, GIANTS and BASALT will look familiar.
60 5-letter words from BALLASTING; 5 of them share the top score of 8. AGAIN, BILLS and BALLS are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words in BALLASTING, the top score is 7, reached by 9. BILL, BALL and GAIN are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with BALLASTING letters, 4 score 6 points, the group's best. ALL, ITS and BIG are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of BALLASTING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with BA · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
What BALLASTING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BALLASTING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALLASTING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 312) | 239 | 310 | 217 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
73 of the 312 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BALLATING, BALLINGS, BAAINGS, BALLANTS, BLATING, SABLING, ABLING, BALISTA, BALLANS, BALLANT, BALLATS, AGITANS and 61 more. 22 of the 312 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BALLSING, TABLINGS, BALINGS, BLINGS, BALTIS, BLAGS, BLING, AGITAS, BALTI, BING, BLAG, LATINAS and 10 more. 2 of the 312 answers are missing from Scrabble UK: BINTS and BINT.