What BALL Means
- noun: round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games“the ball travelled 90 mph on his serve”
- noun: a solid projectile that is shot by a musket“they had to carry a ramrod as well as powder and ball”
- verb: form into a ball by winding or rolling“ball wool”
- verb: to live very well
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
BALL is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 A1 L1 L1.
Words Made From The Letters In BALL
8 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 (4)
Longer Words Containing BALL
BALL appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
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