BALLONNE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BALLONNE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BALLONNE?
| 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 BALLONNE 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 BALLONNE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ballonnesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BALLONNE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BALLONNE, 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 | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BALLONNE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BALLONNE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A ballet step in which the dancer jumps and lands lightly on one foot with the other leg extended, giving a bouncing effect.
A ballonne is meant to look buoyant, as if the dancer is bouncing like a ball. It is a French ballet term, taught to students as part of the elevated, jumping vocabulary.
How BALLONNE is used
Ballonne appears in ballet teaching and choreography, often in the plural form ballonnes.
- The teacher asked for a crisp ballonne on the count of four.
- Her ballonne looked light, as though she barely touched the floor.
- He practised a ballonne with the leg extended to the side.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BALLONNE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BALLONNE
1 longer words begin with BALLONNE.
Shorter words from the letters in BALLONNE
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Common questions about BALLONNE
- Is BALLONNE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BALLONNE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BALLONNE worth?
- BALLONNE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BALLONNE mean?
- A ballet step in which the dancer jumps and lands lightly on one foot with the other leg extended, giving a bouncing effect.
- What letters can be added to BALLONNE?
- BALLONNE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BALLONNE:
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