BALDISH is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. BALDISH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BALDISH?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BALDISH is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BALDISH
No single letter turns BALDISH into another word.
How BALDISH scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BALDISH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 771,970.
What does BALDISH mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Somewhat bald, with thinning or sparse hair on the head.
The ending -ish softens the idea of baldness into something partial. Describing a man as baldish suggests a receding hairline, not a smooth scalp. The word is a mild, slightly humorous way to say that hair is going.
How BALDISH is used
Used in casual description of a person, where baldish is gentler than simply calling someone bald.
- A baldish man in a grey coat waited by the door.
- He was already baldish by the age of thirty.
- The baldish head of the clerk shone under the lamp.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BALDISH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BALDISH
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Common questions about BALDISH
- Is BALDISH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BALDISH, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BALDISH worth?
- BALDISH is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BALDISH mean?
- Somewhat bald, with thinning or sparse hair on the head.
- What letters can be added to BALDISH?
- No single letter can be added to BALDISH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BALDISH:
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