Unscramble BALLERINE and you have 234 words, BALLERINE itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. RELIABLE, LIENABLE and LINEABLE are the best of the shorter words, at 10 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from BALLERINE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 12 with 7, 29 with 6, 55 with 5, 60 with 4, 54 with 3 and 20 with 2.
Among 29 6-letter words you get when you unscramble BALLERINE, the top score is 8, reached by 15. ENABLE, LINEAR and LIABLE are the familiar ones.
30 of 55 5-letter words from BALLERINE tie at 7 points; none scores more. LEARN, LABEL and BRAIN will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words in BALLERINE, 41 score 6 points, the group's best. BEEN, ABLE and BILL are the ones most people know.
54 3-letter words made with BALLERINE letters; 18 of them share the top score of 5. ARE, ALL and AIR are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of BALLERINE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with BA · ending in NE · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by LIENABLE, LINEABLE and RELIABLE (10 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: BALLERINE is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALLERINE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 234) | 189 | 234 | 182 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BALLERINE, BRANLE, ABRIN, ALBEE, BEARE, BELAR, BLAER, BRANE, ERBIA, NEBEL, REALLIE, ABER and 32 more, 44 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BALLIER, BINER, BEAL, RABI, ARENE, BAE, ARIE and RAI, 8 in all. Not in Scrabble US: NELLIE.
Each word below uses all the letters of BALLERINE and one more.