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BALK

4 letters, 10 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What BALK Means

  1. noun: the area on a billiard table behind the balkline“a player with ball in hand must play from the balk”
  2. noun: something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
  3. verb: refuse to comply

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

BALK 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 K5.

Words Made From The Letters In BALK

9 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.

3 letter words (4)

2 letter words (5)

Longer Words Containing BALK

BALK appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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