Unscramble BALMIEST and you have 272 words, BALMIEST itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. 3 anagrams of BALMIEST are on the page: BIMETALS, LAMBIEST and TIMBALES, each 12 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BALMIEST by length: 4 with 8 letters, 15 with 7, 46 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
9 of 46 6-letter words you get when you unscramble BALMIEST tie at 10 points; none scores more. TABLES, STABLE and EMAILS will look familiar.
60 5-letter words from BALMIEST; 15 of them share the top score of 9. EMAIL, ITEMS and BEAST are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words in BALMIEST, the top score is 8, reached by 11. BEST, ITEM and ABLE are the familiar ones.
BAM and MIB are the top 3-letter words made with BALMIEST letters, 7 points each. ITS, LET and BIT will look familiar.
Trade one tile of BALMIEST for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with BA · ending in ST · all 8-letter words
What BALMIEST means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BALMIEST, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALMIEST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 272) | 223 | 272 | 208 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EMBAILS, EMBAIL, IMBASE, LIBATES, MELBA, SIMBA, ABLETS, BALISE, BASTLE, BLAEST, BLAISE, BLATES and 37 more, 49 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ABLEISM, ABLEIST, BALTIS, EMAILS, BALTI, BEALS, EMAIL, BAES, BEAL, BAE, BES, MES and 3 more, 15 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of BALMIEST and one more.