Scrabble & Words with friends points
- ball is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 6
- ball is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 6
- ball is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 9
Definition of ball
- a lavish dance requiring formal attire (noun)
Synonyms
- formal
- United States comedienne best known as the star of a popular television program (1911-1989) (noun)
Synonyms
- lucille ball
- a solid projectile that is shot by a musket (noun)
Examples
- they had to carry a ramrod as well as powder and ball
Synonyms
- musket ball
- a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs (noun)
Examples
- he played baseball in high school
- there was a baseball game on every empty lot
- there was a desire for National League ball in the area
- play ball!
Synonyms
- baseball
- baseball game
- a compact mass (noun)
Examples
- a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder
Synonyms
- chunk
- clod
- clump
- glob
- lump
- one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens (noun)
Examples
- she kicked him in the balls and got away
Synonyms
- ballock
- bollock
- egg
- nut
- orchis
- testicle
- testis
- an object with a spherical shape (noun)
Examples
- a ball of fire
Synonyms
- globe
- orb
- a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass (noun)
Examples
- the ball at the base of the thumb
- he stood on the balls of his feet
- a pitch that is not in the strike zone (noun)
Examples
- he threw nine straight balls before the manager yanked him
- a spherical object used as a plaything (noun)
Examples
- he played with his rubber ball in the bathtub
- form into a ball by winding or rolling (verb)
Examples
- ball wool
- round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games (noun)
Examples
- the ball travelled 90 mph on his serve
- the mayor threw out the first ball
- the ball rolled into the corner pocket
- the people assembled at a lavish formal dance (noun)
Examples
- the ball was already emptying out before the fire alarm sounded
See definition of ball in Merriam Webster