189 words come out when you unscramble BALLISTIC, starting with BALLISTIC itself: 13 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are BACILLI, ALBITIC and BASILIC, 11 points each. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BALLISTIC by length: 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 7, 15 with 6, 47 with 5, 60 with 4, 45 with 3 and 15 with 2. None has 8 letters.
BASIC tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BALLISTIC at 9 points; next come ABSIT and ALIBI on 7. STILL, CALLS and BILLS will look familiar.
BACS, CABS and SCAB share the top score of 8 among the 4-letter words from BALLISTIC. LIST, LAST and CALL are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of BALLISTIC but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with BA · ending in IC · all 9-letter words
The meaning of BALLISTIC, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BALLISTIC works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALLISTIC itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 189) | 156 | 189 | 147 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
33 of the 189 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BALTIC, BAILLIS, BACS, BAILLI, CITALS, ABSIT, BAC, BASTI, BLIST, BLITS, CILLS, CITAL and 21 more. 9 of the 189 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BALTIS, BALTI, CLITS, CALS, CLIT, CAL, TALLS, LIAS and ATS.
Each word below uses all the letters of BALLISTIC and one more.