Is BALLOW valid in Words with Friends?

No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and BALLOW is not in it.

How many points is BALLOW worth?

BALLOW is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to BALLOW?

BALLOW takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.

BALLOW is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points

It depends on the list you play by. BALLOW is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.

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Depends on the listBALLOW · 6 letters · 11 pts Scrabble · 14 pts WWF

11points in Scrabble

14points in Words with Friends

6letters

1hook available

1 in 689,845odds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept BALLOW?

Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand	Not listed
Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand	Not listed
Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries	Valid
Words with FriendsZynga word list	Not listed

Word power: 31 / 100

31WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

1.83

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

4.83%

Our own measure of how useful BALLOW is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for BALLOW

Front hooks — 0

None.

Back hooks — 1

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Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How BALLOW scores

Scrabble b3a1l1l1o1w4 11

Words with Friends b4a1l2l2o1w4 14

Face value of the 6 tiles in BALLOW, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
b	1	2
a	1	9
l	2	4
o	1	8
w	1	2

Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 689,845.

Words starting with BALLOW

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1 longer words begin with BALLOW.

Shorter words from the letters in BALLOW

ablow10 allow8 bawl9 blaw9 blow9 bowl9 alow7 awol7 wall7 ball6 bola6 boll6 olla4 bow8 wab8 awl6 law6 low6 owl6 alb5 bal5 bao5 boa5 lab5 lob5 oba5 all3 loa3 aw5 ow5 wo5 ab4 ba4 bo4 ob4 al2 la2 lo2

Common questions about BALLOW

Is BALLOW valid in Words with Friends?: No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and BALLOW is not in it.
How many points is BALLOW worth?: BALLOW is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
What letters can be added to BALLOW?: BALLOW takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.

Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BALLOW:

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