Unscramble BALLINGS and you have 181 words, BALLINGS itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 11 points: BALLSING. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from BALLINGS by length: 2 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 13 with 6, 39 with 5, 60 with 4, 48 with 3 and 15 with 2.
39 5-letter words from BALLINGS; 5 of them share the top score of 8. BILLS, BALLS and BASIN are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words in BALLINGS, 9 score 7 points, the group's best. SIGN, BILL and BALL are the ones most people know.
48 3-letter words made with BALLINGS letters; 4 of them share the top score of 6. ALL, BIG and GAS are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of BALLINGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with BA · ending in GS · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by BALLSING (11 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BALLINGS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALLINGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 181) | 157 | 181 | 142 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 24 of them: BALLINGS, SABLING, ABLING, BINGS, GLIBS, BIGA, BLINS, LABIS, GILAS, SNAB, ALLIS, GANS and 12 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: BALLSING, BALINGS, BLINGS, BLAGS, BLING, BING, BLAG, SIGLA, SIGNA, AGS, GIS, LIAS and 3 more.
This word takes every letter of BALLINGS plus a single extra one.