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Is airball a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word airball is a Scrabble US word. The word airball is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

A1I1R1B3A1L1L1

Is airball a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word airball is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

A1I1R1B3A1L1L1

Is airball a Words With Friends word?

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7-letter words (2 found)

AIRBALL,BARILLA,

6-letter words (2 found)

LABIAL,LABRAL,

5-letter words (7 found)

BRAAI,BRAIL,BRILL,LAARI,LABIA,LABRA,LIBRA,

4-letter words (21 found)

ABRI,ALAR,ALBA,ARBA,ARIA,ARIL,BAAL,BAIL,BALL,BILL,BIRL,LAIR,LARI,LIAR,LIRA,RABI,RAIA,RAIL,RIAL,RIBA,RILL,

3-letter words (20 found)

AAL,ABA,AIA,AIL,AIR,ALA,ALB,ALL,ARB,BAA,BAL,BAR,BRA,ILL,LAB,LAR,LIB,RAI,RIA,RIB,

2-letter words (9 found)

AA,AB,AI,AL,AR,BA,BI,LA,LI,

You can make 61 words from airball according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of airball

airball

Etymology

  • air +‎ ball
  • The first recorded use of the "airball" chant was on February 24, 1979, during a college basketball game between the Duke University Blue Devils and the North Carolina Tar Heels after the Tar Heels' Rich Yonakor took a shot which missed the rim.

Noun

airball (plural airballs)

  1. (basketball) A shot that misses the backboard, rim and net entirely.
    As soon as the shot left his hands, the spectators could see it was going to be an airball.

Verb

airball (third-person singular simple present airballs, present participle airballing, simple past and past participle airballed)

  1. (basketball) To throw an airball

Further reading

  • Charlotte Observer - 26th anniversary of the airball chant
  • Slate - Invention of the "air ball" chant

Anagrams

  • Barilla, barilla

Source: wiktionary.org