Meaning
- (noun) (usually in plural) A small ball of chemical pesticide (typically naphthalene) and deodorant placed in or around clothing and other articles susceptible to damage from mold or moth larvae in order to protect them from this damage.
Letter breakdown
- Mothballs contains 9 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 7 consonant(s).
- It uses 8 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 2.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 16.
Words from these letters
- mothball
- ballots
- shallot
- allots
- almost
- atolls
- ballot
- bathos
- bloats
- slalom
- allot
- altho
- altos
- atoll
- atoms
- balls
- balms
- baths
- blast
- blats
- bloat
- blots
- boast
- boats
- bolas
- bolls
- bolts
- halls
- halos
- halts
- lambs
- laths
- loath
- malls
- malts
- moats
- molls
- molts
- moths
- oaths
- shall
- shalt
- shoal
- sloth
- small
- stall
- tolls
- tombs
- albs
- alms
- also
- alto
- alts
- atom
- ball
- balm
- bash
- bast
- bath
Connected words
Other 9-letter words
- aardvarks
- abandoned
- abasement
- abatement
- abattoirs
- abdicated
- abdicates
- abdominal
- abductees
- abducting
- abduction
- abductors
- abhorrent
- abhorring
- abilities
- ablatives
- ablutions
- abnegated
Words starting with MOT
- mote
- motel
- motels
- motes
- moth
- mothball
- mothballed
- mothballing
- mother
- motherboard
- motherboards
- mothered
- motherfucker
- motherfuckers
- motherfucking
- motherhood
- mothering
- motherland
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Words ending with LLS
Reader questions
What does Mothballs mean?
(usually in plural) A small ball of chemical pesticide (typically naphthalene) and deodorant placed in or around clothing and other articles susceptible to damage from mold or moth larvae in order to protect them from this damage.
How many letters are in Mothballs?
Mothballs has 9 letters.
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