Skip to content
ZWordFinderZ

Dictionary

Ballasts

b 3a 1l 1l 1a 1s 1t 1s 1

About 2 syllables

noun · verb · 8 letters · Common · plural and third-person singular form of ballast

  • Scrabble US & Canada : valid
  • Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
  • Words With Friends : valid
  • Wordle : not valid

What does ballasts mean?

noun

  1. any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship

  2. coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads

  3. an attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals; something that steadies the mind or feelings

  4. a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations)

    Synonymsballast resistorbarretter

  5. an electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps

    Synonymslight ballast

verb

  1. make steady with a ballast

Definitions shown for ballast, the base form of ballasts.

Is BALLASTS a valid word?

Game / word listValid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL) Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS) Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE) Yes
Wordle (guess list) No

How many points is BALLASTS worth?

Scrabble

10 pts
b 3a 1l 1l 1a 1s 1t 1s 1

Words With Friends

13 pts
b 4a 1l 2l 2a 1s 1t 1s 1

Wordfeud

11 pts
b 4a 1l 1l 1a 1s 1t 1s 1

NYT Crossplay

13 pts
b 4a 1l 2l 2a 1s 1t 1s 1

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in BALLASTS

Words that end like BALLASTS

Common words that share the ending -ASTS, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

broadcastsgymnastsoutcastsoutlastscontrastsnewscastsbreakfastslastsforecastsblastscastsovercastsfastsmastspastsvasts
All words ending in -ASTS

Ballasts: quick answers

Is BALLASTS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. BALLASTS is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 10 points before board bonuses.
How many points is BALLASTS worth?
BALLASTS scores 10 points in Scrabble, 13 in Words With Friends, 11 in Wordfeud and 13 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does ballasts mean?
ballasts is the plural and third-person singular form of ballast, which means “any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship”. It has 6 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in BALLASTS?
You can make 97 shorter words from BALLASTS, such as BALLAST, BALLATS, BASALTS, BALLAT. See the full list.