BALLET is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BALLET is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BALLET?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BALLET is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BALLET
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
balletsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BALLET scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BALLET, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 153,299.
What does BALLET mean in Scrabble?
noun
A formal style of theatrical dance performed to music, using precise, codified steps and gestures, or a specific work created in this style.
Ballet developed in the courts of Renaissance Italy and France and took on its familiar modern form, including pointed shoes and a fixed vocabulary of positions and movements, over the following centuries. A ballet can refer either to the whole art form or to one particular piece, complete with its own music, choreography, and story, performed by a company of trained dancers. The discipline demands years of physical training, since its jumps, turns, and extended lines depend on strength and control built up gradually from childhood. Beyond the stage, the word is also used loosely for anything carried out with the same kind of coordinated, almost rehearsed precision.
How BALLET is used
The standard term for this dance form and for individual works within it, used in both everyday and specialist contexts.
- The company premiered a new ballet based on an old folk tale.
- She has studied ballet since she was six years old.
- The dancers rehearsed the same ballet for months before opening night.
- His movements on the ice had the precision of ballet.
- The theatre's season includes three full-length ballets this year.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BALLET and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BALLET
9 longer words begin with BALLET.
Shorter words from the letters in BALLET
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Common questions about BALLET
- Is BALLET valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BALLET, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BALLET worth?
- BALLET is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BALLET mean?
- A formal style of theatrical dance performed to music, using precise, codified steps and gestures, or a specific work created in this style.
- What letters can be added to BALLET?
- BALLET takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BALLET:
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