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BALLASTS

8 letters, 10 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What BALLASTS Means

BALLASTS is a form of BALLAST, which means:

  1. noun: any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship
  2. noun: coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads
  3. verb: make steady with a ballast

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

BALLASTS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 A1 L1 L1 A1 S1 T1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In BALLASTS

96 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

7 letter words (3)

6 letter words (8)

5 letter words (23)

4 letter words (31)

3 letter words (22)

2 letter words (9)

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