36 words come out when you unscramble BALSA, starting with BALSA itself: 7 in Scrabble, 9 in Words With Friends. It has 5 anagrams, each with the same 7 points: ALBAS, BAALS, BALAS, BASAL and SABAL. 8 shorter words score 6, among them LABS, SLAB and BAAL. 5 letters: 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from BALSA by length: 6 with 5 letters, 10 with 4, 14 with 3 and 6 with 2.
Trade one tile of BALSA for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 5-letter words: starting with BA · ending in SA · all 5-letter words
BALSA first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BALSA 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALSA itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 36) | 36 | 36 | 35 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
1 of the 36 answers is missing from Words With Friends*: SABAL.
With one more tile, the letters of BALSA spell the words below.