207 words come out when you unscramble BALLPOINT, starting with BALLPOINT itself: 13 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. PINBALL is the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from BALLPOINT split into 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 7, 17 with 6, 39 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2. None has 8 letters.
PIBAL scores highest among the 5-letter words from BALLPOINT at 9 points, ahead of ABOIL and APIOL on 7. POINT, PLANT and PLAIN are the ones most people know.
The best of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BALLPOINT is BLIP, 8 points; ATOP and BAIL on 6 follow. PLAN, BILL and ANTI are everyday picks.
BAP and BOP share the top score of 7 among the 3-letter words from BALLPOINT. ALL, TOP and LOT are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of BALLPOINT for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with BA · ending in NT · all 9-letter words
What BALLPOINT means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BALLPOINT, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALLPOINT itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 207) | 178 | 206 | 167 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
29 of the 207 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BITONAL, PAILLON, LIBANT, OBITAL, OILPAN, POLLAN, PONTAL, APIOL, PAOLI, PILAO, PLOAT, POTIN and 17 more. 11 of the 207 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LOBTAIL, BALTI, LIPA, LIPO, PALI, APO, OBA, OPA, LILO, PO and OI. 1 of the 207 answers is missing from Scrabble UK: BINT.
Each word below uses all the letters of BALLPOINT and one more.