Unscramble BALLASTS and you have 102 words, BALLASTS itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are BALLAST, BASALTS and BALLATS, 9 points each. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
Looking for aassllbt, saltslab, tlbassal, slatslab, blastals or laltasbs? They use the same letters as BALLASTS, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from BALLASTS split into 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 9 with 6, 26 with 5, 31 with 4, 23 with 3 and 9 with 2.
Of the 26 5-letter words from BALLASTS, 14 score 7 points, the group's best. BALLS, ATLAS and BLAST are the ones most people know.
16 of 31 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BALLASTS tie at 6 points; none scores more. LAST, BALL and BASS will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of BALLASTS, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with BA · ending in TS · all 8-letter words
BALLASTS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BALLASTS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALLASTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 102) | 95 | 102 | 89 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
7 of the 102 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BALLATS, BALLAT, BASTA, TAALS, TASSA, TAAL and ST. 6 of the 102 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SABALS, SABAL, SALATS, SALAT, TALLS and ATS.
These 3 words take every letter of BALLASTS plus a single extra one.