Unscramble BALLGAME to get 120 words. BALLGAME itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, GAMBLE and AMBAGE lead with 11 points. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from BALLGAME split into 1 with 8 letters, 6 with 6, 18 with 5, 45 with 4, 36 with 3 and 14 with 2. None has 7 letters.
GAMB scores highest among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BALLGAME at 9 points, ahead of BALM and BEAM on 8. GAME, ABLE and MALE are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of BALLGAME, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with BA · ending in ME · all 8-letter words
The meaning of BALLGAME, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BALLGAME, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALLGAME itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 120) | 105 | 120 | 99 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
15 of the 120 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EMBALL, MABELA, MELBA, EGMA, ALBE, AMLA, BAEL, LEAM, MALA, MELA, AME, GEAL and 3 more. 6 of the 120 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BLAG, GLAM, MEGA, BEAL, MEG and BAE.
This word takes every letter of BALLGAME plus a single extra one.