BALE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. BALE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BALE?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BALE is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BALE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BALE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BALE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What stands out about BALE
- The same 4 tiles also spell 5 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BALE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A large bundle of goods, such as hay, straw, cotton or wool, tightly bound together for storage or transport.
Farmers gather cut hay or straw and press it into a compact bale so that it can be stacked, stored and moved easily, and the same term is used in industry for bundles of raw cotton or wool wrapped for shipping. As a verb, to bale means to press material into such a bundle.
How BALE is used
Common in farming and industry, and in everyday description of stacked hay or straw.
- The farmer stacked each bale of hay in the barn before winter.
- A bale of cotton weighed several hundred pounds.
- They tossed the last bale onto the trailer as the sun went down.
- Straw was pressed into a tight bale for easy storage.
- The warehouse held row after row of wool bales.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BALE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BALE
The 4 tiles of BALE in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with BALE
14 longer words begin with BALE.
Words ending in BALE
4 words end in BALE. Useful as a back hook: play BALE onto a word already on the board.
Words with BALE inside
18 words contain BALE in the middle. Words that start with BALE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BALE
Common questions about BALE
- Is BALE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BALE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BALE worth?
- BALE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BALE mean?
- A large bundle of goods, such as hay, straw, cotton or wool, tightly bound together for storage or transport.
- What letters can be added to BALE?
- BALE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BALE:
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