BALMINESS is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. BALMINESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BALMINESS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BALMINESS is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BALMINESS
No single letter turns BALMINESS into another word.
How BALMINESS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in BALMINESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BALMINESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BALMINESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The quality of being pleasantly mild and soothing, said of weather or air.
Balminess suggests a warm evening breeze that makes you want to linger outdoors. The word balminess comes from balm, an ointment that soothes.
How BALMINESS is used
The noun balminess is used in weather reports, travel writing and descriptive prose.
- Tourists come for the balminess of the island winters.
- The balminess of the night invited a long walk.
- An unexpected balminess lingered into October.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BALMINESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BALMINESS
1 longer words begin with BALMINESS.
Shorter words from the letters in BALMINESS
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Common questions about BALMINESS
- Is BALMINESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BALMINESS, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BALMINESS worth?
- BALMINESS is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BALMINESS mean?
- The quality of being pleasantly mild and soothing, said of weather or air.
- What letters can be added to BALMINESS?
- No single letter can be added to BALMINESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of BALMINESS:
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