BALKY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. BALKY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BALKY?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BALKY is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BALKY
No single letter turns BALKY into another word.
How BALKY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BALKY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 522,830.
What does BALKY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Stubbornly refusing to move, work, or cooperate, especially of an animal or a machine.
A balky horse plants its feet and will not go forward no matter how it is urged, and the same word describes an engine that stalls and refuses to start on command. The image behind balky is of something that balks, meaning it checks itself right at the moment it should proceed. English speakers extended it from horses and mules to any device or person that stops short and resists control.
How BALKY is used
Used mainly of machinery, engines and animals that resist control, and only rarely of people directly.
- The balky old tractor refused to start in the cold.
- Her mule grew balky halfway across the ford.
- A balky printer jammed on every third page.
- The negotiations stalled over a balky committee member.
- He kicked the balky vending machine until the coin dropped.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BALKY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BALKY
Common questions about BALKY
- Is BALKY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BALKY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BALKY worth?
- BALKY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BALKY mean?
- Stubbornly refusing to move, work, or cooperate, especially of an animal or a machine.
- What letters can be added to BALKY?
- No single letter can be added to BALKY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BALKY:
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