Is BALKY a word?
BALKY is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words With Friends, has 5 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 14 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, BALKY is a valid word.
What does balky mean?
adjective: stopping short and refusing to go on.
“a balking”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
BALKY: word details
- Pronunciation: BAW-kee (approx., 2 syllables)
- Length: 5 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 12,578 5-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 14 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 15 points on the tiles.
- Wordle: five letters, so BALKY works as a Wordle guess or answer.
- 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 balky
Words you can make from the letters of balky.
Solve a whole rack, not just BALKY
BALKY 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 BALKY mean?
BALKY is a adjective. It means: stopping short and refusing to go on.
Is BALKY a valid word?
Yes, BALKY is a valid word. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 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.