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Yes. The word balsa is a Scrabble US word. The word balsa is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is balsa a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word balsa is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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5-letter words (6 found)

ALBAS,BAALS,BALAS,BALSA,BASAL,SABAL,

4-letter words (10 found)

AALS,ABAS,ALAS,ALBA,ALBS,BAAL,BAAS,BALS,LABS,SLAB,

3-letter words (14 found)

AAL,AAS,ABA,ABS,ALA,ALB,ALS,BAA,BAL,BAS,LAB,LAS,SAB,SAL,

2-letter words (6 found)

AA,AB,AL,AS,BA,LA,

You can make 36 words from balsa according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of balsa

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Definitions and meaning of balsa

balsa

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish balsa, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, probably Basque [Term?] or Iberian [Term?]. Not related to balsam.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɔːl.sə/, /ˈbæl.sə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈbɑlsə/

Noun

balsa (countable and uncountable, plural balsas)

  1. A large tree, Ochroma pyramidale, native to tropical America, with wood that is very light in weight.
  2. (uncountable) The wood of this tree.
  3. A raft or float, used principally on the Pacific coast of South America.

Descendants

  • → Irish: balsa

Translations

Further reading

  • balsa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • balsa tree on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Ba'als, Baals, Baʿals, LABAs, albas, baals, balas, basal, blaas, laabs, sabal

Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /balˈsa/, [bʌlˈsʌ]
  • Hyphenation: bal‧sa

Noun

balsá f 

  1. reputation

Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish balsa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑlsɑ/, [ˈbɑ̝ls̠ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlsɑ
  • Syllabification(key): bal‧sa

Noun

balsa

  1. balsa (wood)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “balsa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

  • slaba

French

Pronunciation

Noun

balsa m (plural balsas)

  1. balsa (tree, wood)

Further reading

  • “balsa”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Etymology

Attested since circa 1300. From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbalsɐ]

Noun

balsa f (plural balsas)

  1. raft; also raft-like group of trunks which are left to flow downriver
  2. dam
  3. balsa (tree)
  4. balsa (wood)

References

  • “balsa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “balsa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “balsa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “balsa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “balsa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English balsa, from Spanish balsa.

Noun

balsa m (genitive singular balsa)

  1. balsa (tree, wood)

Declension

Mutation

References

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “balsa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *pëlsë (whence also Inari Sami polssâ), of unknown further origin. Probably ultimately from a substrate.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpalːsa/

Noun

balsa

  1. palsa, mound, tussock

Inflection

Descendants

  • → Finnish: palsa
    • → English: palsa
  • Swedish: pals
    • Norwegian Bokmål: pals

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish balsa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbal.sa/
  • Rhymes: -alsa
  • Syllabification: bal‧sa

Noun

balsa f (related adjective balsowy)

  1. balsa (Ochroma pyramidale)
  2. balsa (wood of this tree)

Declension

Further reading

  • balsa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • balsa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Spanish balsa.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -alsɐ, (Brazil) -awsɐ
  • Hyphenation: bal‧sa

Noun

balsa f (plural balsas)

  1. raft
  2. ferry
    Synonym: ferryboat

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French balsa.

Noun

balsa m (uncountable)

  1. balsa

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, probably Basque [Term?] or Iberian [Term?].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbalsa/ [ˈbal.sa]
  • Rhymes: -alsa
  • Syllabification: bal‧sa

Noun

balsa f (plural balsas)

  1. puddle, pool, pond
    Synonym: charco
  2. raft
  3. ferry
  4. balsa (tree)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: balsa
    • → Irish: balsa
  • → Portuguese: balsa
  • → Tagalog: balsa

Further reading

  • “balsa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish balsa.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /balˈsa/, [bɐlˈsa]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: bal‧sa

Noun

balsá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎ᜔ᜐ)

  1. raft

Derived terms

Related terms

Yogad

Noun

balsa

  1. raft

Source: wiktionary.org