ball
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When ball helps
Base Score
1
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
3
A B L
Two-Letter Start
BA
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
LL
Check this pattern late
- 4 letters
- 3 unique letters
- BA start
- LL ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- ball is a four-letter word, so it is worth 1 point when accepted.
- It uses 3 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, b, l plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (L x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The LL ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the BA start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
Pronunciation
noun
A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
"a ball of spittle; a fecal ball"
noun
A round or ellipsoidal object.
noun
(mildly, usually in the plural) A testicle.
noun
A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller.
noun
A large pill, a form in which medicine was given to horses; a bolus.
verb
To form or wind into a ball.
"to ball cotton"
verb
To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.
verb
To have sexual intercourse with.
verb
To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls.
"The horse balls; the snow balls."
verb
(usually in present participle) To be hip or cool.
verb
To play basketball.
verb
To punish by affixing a ball and chain
interjection
An appeal by the crowd for holding the ball against a tackled player. This is heard almost any time an opposition player is tackled, without regard to whether the rules about "prior opportunity" to dispose of the ball are fulfilled.
noun
A formal dance.
noun
A very enjoyable time.
"I had a ball at that concert."