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Is ballista a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word ballista is a Scrabble US word. The word ballista is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is ballista a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word ballista is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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Yes. The word ballista is a Words With Friends word. The word ballista is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (1 found)

BALLISTA,

7-letter words (4 found)

BALISTA,BALLAST,BALLATS,LABIALS,

6-letter words (7 found)

ABATIS,BALLAT,BALTIS,BASALT,LABIAL,TABLAS,TALLIS,

5-letter words (42 found)

ABSIT,ALBAS,ALIAS,ALIST,ALLIS,ATLAS,BAALS,BAILS,BAISA,BAITS,BALAS,BALLS,BALSA,BALTI,BASAL,BASIL,BASTA,BASTI,BILLS,BLAST,BLATS,BLIST,BLITS,LABIA,LABIS,LILTS,LITAS,SABAL,SALAL,SALAT,SALTL,SATAI,STALL,STILB,STILL,TAALS,TABIS,TABLA,TAILS,TALAS,TALLS,TILLS,

4-letter words (58 found)

AALS,ABAS,AIAS,AILS,AITS,ALAS,ALBA,ALBS,ALIT,ALLS,ALTS,BAAL,BAAS,BAIL,BAIT,BALL,BALS,BAST,BATS,BIAS,BILL,BIST,BITS,BLAT,BLIT,ILLS,ISBA,ITAS,LABS,LAST,LATI,LATS,LIAS,LIBS,LILT,LIST,LITS,SAIL,SALL,SALT,SATI,SIAL,SILL,SILT,SLAB,SLAT,SLIT,STAB,TAAL,TABI,TABS,TAIL,TAIS,TALA,TALI,TALL,TILL,TILS,

3-letter words (40 found)

AAL,AAS,ABA,ABS,AIA,AIL,AIS,AIT,ALA,ALB,ALL,ALS,ALT,ATS,BAA,BAL,BAS,BAT,BIS,BIT,ILL,ITA,ITS,LAB,LAS,LAT,LIB,LIS,LIT,SAB,SAI,SAL,SAT,SIB,SIT,TAB,TAI,TAS,TIL,TIS,

2-letter words (16 found)

AA,AB,AI,AL,AS,AT,BA,BI,IS,IT,LA,LI,SI,ST,TA,TI,

You can make 168 words from ballista according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ballista

ballista

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ballista, from Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra), from βάλλω (bállō, “I throw”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈlɪstə/

Noun

ballista (plural ballistas or ballistae or ballistæ)

  1. (weaponry, historical) An ancient military engine, in the form of a crossbow, used for hurling large missiles.

Translations

See also

  • catapult

Finnish

Etymology

< Latin

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑlːistɑ/, [ˈbɑ̝lːis̠tɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlːistɑ
  • Syllabification(key): bal‧lis‧ta

Noun

ballista

  1. ballista (military engine)

Declension

See also

  • varsijousi
  • ballista on the Finnish Wikipedia.Wikipedia fi

Latin

Alternative forms

  • balista
  • ballistra

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra), from βάλλω (bállō, “I throw”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /balˈlis.ta/, [bälˈlʲɪs̠t̪ä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /balˈlis.ta/, [bälˈlist̪ä]
  • Homophone: Ballista

Noun

ballista f (genitive ballistae); first declension

  1. ballista

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

  • arcuballista
  • ballistārius
  • ballistica
  • carroballista

Descendants

See also

  • catapulta
  • onager

References

  • “ballista”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ballista”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ballista in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • ballista in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “ballista”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “ballista”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Swedish

Alternative forms

  • ballist (less common)

Noun

ballista c

  1. a ballista

Declension

References

  • ballista in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Source: wiktionary.org