Unscramble PAINTBALL and you have 174 words, PAINTBALL itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are PINBALL and PATBALL, 11 points each. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from PAINTBALL by length: 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 7, 14 with 6, 25 with 5, 60 with 4, 51 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among the 5-letter words from PAINTBALL, PIBAL leads with 9 points, then APIAN and BALTI on 7. PLANT, PLAIN and PAINT are the familiar ones.
BLIP tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PAINTBALL at 8 points; next come ALAP and ALBA on 6. PLAN, BILL and ANTI will look familiar.
BAP scores highest among the 3-letter words made with PAINTBALL letters at 7 points, ahead of ABA and ALB on 5. ALL, BIT and BIN are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of PAINTBALL, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with PA · ending in LL · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PINBALL (11 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: PAINTBALL is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAINTBALL itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 174) | 148 | 173 | 139 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
26 of the 174 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PATBALL, BALLANT, BALLAN, BALLAT, LIBANT, PLANTA, BANIA, NABLA, PALLA, TALPA, ALAP, ANTLIA and 14 more. 9 of the 174 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PAINTBALL, BALTI, LATINA, LIPA, NAPA, PAAN, PALI, NALA and TIAN. 1 of the 174 answers is missing from Scrabble UK: BINT.
This word takes every letter of PAINTBALL plus a single extra one.