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Is balloon a Scrabble word?

Yes, balloon is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 9 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of balloon?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (medicine) A sac inserted into part of the body for therapeutic reasons; such as angioplasty.

2. (architecture) A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc.Examples: "the balloon of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London"

3. (chemistry) A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form.

4. (pyrotechnics) A bomb or shell.

5. (obsolete) A game played with a large inflated ball.obsolete

6. (engraving) The outline enclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure.

verb (English)

1. (intransitive) To increase or expand rapidly.Examples: "His stomach ballooned from eating such a large meal."; "Prices will balloon if we don't act quickly."; "For the franchise’s ballooning, unmanageable cast of mutants, picking sides now seems to have less to do with choosing between cooperation (which the recent movies implicitly distrust) and resistance, and more with whichever flashback-prone white dude’s overbearing savior complex works for you."intransitive

2. (intransitive) To go up or voyage in a balloon.intransitive

3. (transitive) To take up in, or as if in, a balloon.transitive

4. (transitive) To inflate like a balloon.Examples: "A puff of wind from the open door caught and ballooned the scanties; off they sailed, out the window billowing into freedom."transitive

5. (transitive, sports) To strike (a ball) so that it flies high in the air.Examples: "After four minutes, leading goalscorer Haworth slid in but ballooned the ball over from six yards, and Hume then outran the defence to get to the by-line, but he could only hit his cross straight out."transitive

6. (aviation) Of an aircraft: to plunge alternately up and down.Examples: "The plane ballooned into the air about 20 feet, banging down again for another good-sized hop."Synonyms: porpoise

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "balloon"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "balloon"?

Scrabble
9 points
B3
A1
L1
L1
O1
O1
N1
Words With Friends
13 points
B4
A1
L2
L2
O1
O1
N2

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