Hidden inside ballard is one standout: ballad, a six-letter play worth 9 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 38 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
ballad is the highest-scoring word from ballard, worth 9 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 38 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling ballard produces exactly one five-letter word: labra. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 7 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in ballard produces 10 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with bald and ball. For points, 5 words tie at 7 points, including bald, bard and brad.
Unscrambling ballard turns up 17 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with all, bad and bar. For points, the strongest plays are bad and dab — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
3 eight-letter words can be made using all the letters in ballard plus one additional letter.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is ballad, worth 9 points in Scrabble, and no other word from ballard earns more points in Scrabble. Words With Friends prices the same letters differently, so the top of the list changes on a Words With Friends board. Both scores count tile values only and exclude premium squares.
The letters in ballard produce 38 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 six-letter words, 1 five-letter word, 10 four-letter words, 17 three-letter words and 8 two-letter words.