BALLON is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BALLON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BALLON?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BALLON is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BALLON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ballonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BALLON scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BALLON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What does BALLON mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
In ballet, the quality of appearing to hang lightly in the air during a jump, giving the impression of effortless suspension before landing.
Ballon is prized in classical dance as the illusion that a jumping dancer pauses weightlessly at the peak of the movement, rather than simply rising and falling under gravity. Achieving it depends on precise timing of the legs and torso together with strong control on landing, so that the descent looks as soft and unhurried as the rise. Teachers and critics use the word to single out dancers whose jumps look buoyant rather than merely high, since height alone does not guarantee the effect. The term is borrowed directly from French, where it referred to a bounce, and names a quality of movement rather than any object.
How BALLON is used
A specialist term of ballet criticism and training, rarely used outside discussions of dance technique.
- Critics praised the dancer's remarkable ballon in the second act.
- Years of jump training are needed to develop true ballon.
- His grand jete showed the soft, suspended quality of good ballon.
- The teacher corrected her landing to improve her ballon.
- Ballon is judged by lightness, not simply by how high a dancer jumps.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BALLON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BALLON
5 longer words begin with BALLON.
Shorter words from the letters in BALLON
Common questions about BALLON
- Is BALLON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BALLON, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BALLON worth?
- BALLON is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BALLON mean?
- In ballet, the quality of appearing to hang lightly in the air during a jump, giving the impression of effortless suspension before landing.
- What letters can be added to BALLON?
- BALLON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
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