Is BALLAST a word?
BALLAST is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words With Friends, has 7 letters, and can be rearranged into 1 other word, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, BALLAST is a valid word.
What does ballast mean?
noun: any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship.
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
BALLAST: word details
- Pronunciation: BA-luhst (approx., 2 syllables)
- Length: 7 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 33,192 7-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 9 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.
Anagrams of ballast
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Words you can make from the letters of ballast.
Solve a whole rack, not just BALLAST
BALLAST 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 BALLAST mean?
BALLAST is a noun. It means: any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship.
Is BALLAST a valid word?
Yes, BALLAST is a valid word. It scores 9 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.