Definitions for balkline

balkline balk·line

Spelling: [bawk-lahyn]
IPA: /ˈbɔkˌlaɪn/

Balkline is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 237 anagrams from letters in balkline (abeiklln).

Definitions for balkline

noun

  1. Sports. (in track events) the starting line.
  2. Billiards. a straight line drawn across the table behind which the cue balls are placed in beginning a game. any of four lines, each near to and parallel with one side of the cushion, that divide the table into a large central panel or section and eight smaller sections or balks lying between these. a balk lying inside one of these sections. balk (def 11).

Origin of balkline

First recorded in 1830-40; balk + line1

Word Value for balkline
Scrable

14

Words with friends

18

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