Is BALK a word?
BALK is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words With Friends, has 4 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 4 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, BALK is a valid word.
What does balk mean?
noun: the area on a billiard table behind the balkline.
“a player with ball in hand must play from the balk”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
BALK: word details
- Pronunciation: BAWK (approx., 1 syllable)
- Length: 4 letters, a short word. It is one of 5,469 4-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 10 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 12 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside balk
Words you can make from the letters of balk.
Solve a whole rack, not just BALK
BALK is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does BALK mean?
BALK is a noun. It means: the area on a billiard table behind the balkline.
Is BALK a valid word?
Yes, BALK is a valid word. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.