Unscramble BALLIEST and you have 254 words, BALLIEST itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 10 points: BASTILLE and LISTABLE. The best shorter words score 9: 12 of them, BALLETS, BILLETS and BESTIAL included. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from BALLIEST by length: 3 with 8 letters, 15 with 7, 34 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
Of the 34 6-letter words from BALLIEST, 24 score 8 points, the group's best. TABLES, LABELS and STABLE are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BALLIEST; 46 of them share the top score of 7. TABLE, LEAST and LABEL are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words from BALLIEST, the top score is 6, reached by 43. BEST, EAST and ABLE are the familiar ones.
60 3-letter words in BALLIEST; 16 of them share the top score of 5. ALL, ITS and SET are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of BALLIEST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with BA · ending in ST · all 8-letter words
BALLIEST first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BALLIEST, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALLIEST itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 254) | 210 | 254 | 196 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
44 of the 254 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BESTILL, LIBATES, ABLETS, BALISE, BASTLE, BLAEST, BLAISE, BLATES, ISABEL, LIBATE, ABIES, ABLET and 32 more. 14 of the 254 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BALLIEST, ABLEIST, BALTIS, BALTI, BEALS, BAES, BEAL, BAE, BES, LITES, ATS, EST and 2 more.
These 6 words take every letter of BALLIEST plus a single extra one.