BALLONET is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BALLONET is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BALLONET?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BALLONET is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BALLONET
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ballonetsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BALLONET scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BALLONET, 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 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BALLONET has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BALLONET mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A small air-filled compartment inside a blimp or balloon that helps control buoyancy and keep its shape.
Pumping air into a ballonet or letting it out changes how heavy the craft feels without losing the lifting gas. This keeps a non-rigid airship from wrinkling as altitude changes.
How BALLONET is used
The term ballonet is used in the design and operation of airships.
- The crew inflated the forward ballonet to trim the nose down.
- A leak in the ballonet made the blimp sag in the middle.
- Each ballonet is fed by a fan driven by the engine.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BALLONET and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BALLONET
1 longer words begin with BALLONET.
Shorter words from the letters in BALLONET
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Common questions about BALLONET
- Is BALLONET valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BALLONET, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BALLONET worth?
- BALLONET is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BALLONET mean?
- A small air-filled compartment inside a blimp or balloon that helps control buoyancy and keep its shape.
- What letters can be added to BALLONET?
- BALLONET takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BALLONET:
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