Balks is valid Scrabble Word

Is balks a scrabble word?
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5 letters word
11 points in Scrabble
13 points in WWF

Definitions for BALKS in dictionary:

VERB:

BALK, to refrain from proceeding, also BAUK, BAULK
hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking
thwart or hinder (a plan or person)
prevent a person or animal from having (something)
miss or refuse (a chance or invitation)
(with reference to a horse) refuse or cause to refuse to go on

NOUN:

a roughly squared timber beam
the area on a billiard table between the balk line and the bottom cushion, within which in some circumstances a ball is protected from a direct stroke.
an unlawful action made by a pitcher that may deceive a base runner.
a ridge left unploughed between furrows.

OTHER DEFINITIONS:

to stop short and refuse to proceed

Words related to BALKS

balk10 balked13 balking14

How to use BALKS in a sentence

I have seen ships come ashore in that same place before and since, and bump on and off with every wave, till the stout balks could stand the pounding no more and parted.
In some places furrows served to divide the lands instead of turf balks, which were of course always being altered.
Traces of the open-field system exist also in various parts of England, notably between Hitchin and Cambridge, where there are huge turf balks dividing the fields.
She moved swiftly to the landing and took up a position on one of the timber balks set for mooring.
Now, your English tourists have always a residue of scruple about them which balks their genius.
In some cases abroad paper is glued on to all the surfaces of valuable exotic balks.
Cadet Jordan moved forward with some of his yearlings, who carried the heavy balks, or flooring timbers, on their shoulders.
Almost with the speed of magic the planks were laid in an orderly manner forming a secure flooring over the balks.
The yearlings under him, made of vastly better material, sprang forward with their balks, laying them in record time across the top of the next pontoon.
Anstey was already chasing the yearling squad out with the balks, and the young men were moving fast.

Before him stands a parapet, buttressed mayhap with hurdles or balks of timber, the whole being designed to preserve his life from hostile projectiles.
Beneath these planks, which were taken up and put down as required, the rock was excavated to a depth of 9 feet, and the balks supported upon stout props.
The East balks at our Western organization, our rule of the clock, and our rush and hurry.

Similar words containing BALK without suffix s

balk10 balky14 balked13 balker12 balkers13 balkier13 balkily16 balking14 balkiest14 balkings15 balkline14 balkanise15 balkanize24 balkiness15 balkingly19 balklines15 balkanised17 balkanises16 balkanized26 balkanizes25 balkanising18 balkanizing27 balkinesses17 balkanisation19 balkanization28 balkanisations20 balkanizations29

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