Definitions For Ballast

noun

  • Any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship
  • An electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps
  • A resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations)
  • An attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals; something that steadies the mind or feelings
  • Coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads
  • Heavy material (such as rocks or water) that is put on a ship to make it steady or on a balloon to control its height in the air

verb

  • Make steady with a ballast

Is Ballasts a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
10
Words with Friends
13

The word Ballast is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends

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