The word balsa is a valid scrabble word

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • balsa n. A large tree, Ochroma pyramidale, native to tropical America, with wood that is very light in weight.
  • balsa n. (Uncountable) The wood of this tree.
  • balsa n. A raft or float, used principally on the Pacific coast of South America.

26 valid words from 3 definitions

COAST FLOAT IN IS LARGE LIGHT NATIVE OF ON OR PACIFIC PRINCIPALLY RAFT SOUTH THAT THE THIS TO TREE TROPICAL UNCOUNTABLE USED VERY WEIGHT WITH WOOD

3 invalid words from 3 definitions

AMERICA OCHROMA PYRAMIDALE

5 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

AL ALS BA BAL BALS

5 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)

AB AS LA LAB SLAB

5 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

ALBAS BAALS BALAS BASAL SABAL

3 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

BAISA PALSA SALSA

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

BALS

15 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

BALSAM BALSAS BALSAMS BALSAMY BALSAMED BALSAMIC BALSAMIER BALSAMING BALSAWOOD BALSAMIEST BALSAMROOT BALSAWOODS BALSAMROOTS BALSAMIFEROUS BALSAMINACEOUS

4 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

OPOBALSAM OPOBALSAMS XYLOBALSAMUM XYLOBALSAMUMS

9 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+C CABALS
+D LABDAS
+M BALSAM SAMBAL
+N NABLAS
+S BALSAS SABALS
+T BASALT TABLAS

10 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-A ALBS BALS LABS SLAB
-B AALS ALAS
-L ABAS BAAS
-S ALBA BAAL

Scrabble scoring

  • 7 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 643 chance (0.16%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 3112 chance (0.03%).

Other languages

  • Valid: French German Spanish Italian Romanian
  • (In French) BALSA n.m. Bois léger utilisé pour la confection des modèles réduits.
  • (In Spanish) BALSA f. Hueco del terreno que se llena de agua, natural o artificialmente.
  • (In Spanish) BALSA f. Plataforma flotante, originariamente formada por maderos unidos.

Categories without words

  • No epentheses (Word found when adding only one letter.)
  • No prefixes (Word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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