BAULKY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. BAULKY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BAULKY?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BAULKY is to know. It scores 15 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BAULKY
No single letter turns BAULKY into another word.
How BAULKY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BAULKY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,070 thousand.
What does BAULKY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
British
Stubborn and unwilling to go on or to cooperate.
A baulky horse stops dead and refuses a jump, and a baulky colleague digs in over a plan. It is the British spelling of balky.
How BAULKY is used
Baulky is chiefly British and is used of animals, machines and people who resist.
- The baulky mule would not cross the stream.
- He was baulky about signing the form.
- A baulky engine delayed the whole trip.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BAULKY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BAULKY
Common questions about BAULKY
- Is BAULKY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BAULKY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BAULKY worth?
- BAULKY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BAULKY mean?
- Stubborn and unwilling to go on or to cooperate.
- What letters can be added to BAULKY?
- No single letter can be added to BAULKY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BAULKY:
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