Word Salad NBA Teams Answers
299 answers across 50 boards, averaging 6 words each.
NBA Teams — Complete Level Index
This page indexes every Word Salad board in the NBA Teams category — 50 levels holding 299 answers between them. Each board gives you a pool of scrambled letters and no clues beyond the category name, so knowing that every answer belongs to NBA Teams is the whole of the help the game offers. Typical entries from these levels include Heat, Knicks, Lakers, Magic, Mavericks.
Boards in this category average 6 answers, against a game-wide average of 6. The longest answer anywhere in NBA Teams is Trailblazers at 12 letters — entries like that are worth hunting first, because clearing them strips the awkward consonants out of the pool and leaves the shorter words easy to spot. Level numbers are fixed, so the board you see in the app under a given number is the board listed here.
Pick any level below for its full answer list and letter pool. If you are working through the game in order you can step level by level from each page, and the category list covers the other 22 themes. There are also 920 daily puzzles and 595 Number Salad boards archived separately.
All 50 NBA Teams Levels
Every board in this category, with its answer count and letter pool.
| Level | Answers | Letter pool | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | 6 | MVTHLAESGKRKNICO | Mavericks |
| Level 2 | 6 | CSTLKIEOPCNGBUGS | Celtics |
| Level 3 | 6 | SUNSRTPREOARKCIW | Warriors |
| Level 4 | 6 | BCKSUNTWGEAZGJHZ | Nuggets |
| Level 5 | 6 | SUNSPCRCAAEIVKLT | Cavaliers |
| Level 6 | 6 | BLCKLUSIHTNDOREK | Hornets |
| Level 7 | 6 | CERNHAOSWTPRKSIU | Pistons |
| Level 8 | 6 | MAICGGSTSUELBNLC | Celtics |
| Level 9 | 6 | HILAPECVRPATUSSN | Cavaliers |
| Level 10 | 6 | PISHROTUCENGKDGS | Nuggets |
| Level 11 | 6 | TERDHAKSZWLCILUB | Wizards |
| Level 12 | 6 | JAZZPCNSIEROLSTH | Pelicans |
| Level 13 | 6 | KICSDNGKUEAWRHTM | Thunder |
| Level 14 | 6 | BULJCKALOESZNRTZ | Rockets |
| Level 15 | 6 | MGPTAPILNCECSUSR | Clippers |
| Level 16 | 5 | LKZRBAESLNTHIARO | Trailblazers |
| Level 17 | 6 | PPERKILSSCNGBUAK | Clippers |
| Level 18 | 6 | BLLHUPOSACTRRKEN | Hornets |
| Level 19 | 6 | TIPSCLPRASEUNKCB | Clippers |
| Level 20 | 6 | JAZZMGICUNGKKETS | Nuggets |
| Level 21 | 6 | BSROLUNTLCPSRAKI | Pistons |
| Level 22 | 6 | MWKCHAISONGTRCEL | Celtics |
| Level 23 | 6 | SUSKRINKLECAPAVM | Cavaliers |
| Level 24 | 6 | JIZZWAENHKRTCOSD | Hornets |
| Level 25 | 6 | BULLKNCSEIGKRVAM | Mavericks |
| Level 26 | 6 | CEDSZARNIPUOWSTH | Pistons |
| Level 27 | 6 | HORRCIRAKSNWTEGK | Warriors |
| Level 28 | 6 | PAGUVCNGAIESLKTR | Cavaliers |
| Level 29 | 6 | BUSKSNCWCEAIPHLT | Pelicans |
| Level 30 | 6 | BGLLGUNSPEROISTH | Hornets |
| Level 31 | 6 | SUNDLHESTAKRJWZZ | Thunder |
| Level 32 | 6 | BUSLRPLGSEAITNCM | Pelicans |
| Level 33 | 6 | SUNSITORPAECLRKH | Pistons |
| Level 34 | 6 | BERSHUCKPAWIMSGN | Pacers |
| Level 35 | 6 | BULLSHNSITEDWZAR | Thunder |
| Level 36 | 6 | KLCMNIAKPGESSPUR | Clippers |
| Level 37 | 6 | UHRSNETODCAPZZRJ | Raptors |
| Level 38 | 6 | CWZHKIAKSRNSDUPG | Wizards |
| Level 39 | 6 | NORSCETCKPLIRAPS | Clippers |
| Level 40 | 6 | MTVHSAERUGICGNSK | Mavericks |
| Level 41 | 6 | HWKSACENPROTRISR | Warriors |
| Level 42 | 6 | JAZZKELISIRGPUNS | Grizzlies |
| Level 43 | 6 | MAGBVRIUNEOCTSKH | Mavericks |
| Level 44 | 6 | KINGSUSDRPHEOTAR | Raptors |
| Level 45 | 6 | BUSKLLCRAAIEPVKN | Cavaliers |
| Level 46 | 6 | JAZZCCNRIESULTPS | Pelicans |
| Level 47 | 6 | INUBKCGSOGKTRHEA | Nuggets |
| Level 48 | 6 | SUOHITNRLPESCPAR | Clippers |
| Level 49 | 6 | JPZZKALICETCHORS | Celtics |
| Level 50 | 6 | WARRKTHISEUODNRS | Warriors |
NBA Teams — Questions
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3 Tips for NBA Teams Boards
Let the theme do the filtering
Every answer in this category is a nba team word — the theme is the only clue Word Salad gives you, and it is a strong one. Before you look at a single tile, run through the NBA Teams words you know; examples straight out of these boards include Heat, Knicks, Lakers, Magic, Mavericks.
Longest first, every board
Across all 50 levels here the longest answer is Trailblazers at 12 letters. Long entries consume the awkward consonants and leave a pool that spells the short answers out for you. Boards in NBA Teams average 6 answers, so clearing the long one usually leaves only a handful to find.
Know which boards bite
Level 1 is the heaviest board in this category with 6 answers, while level 16 is the lightest at 5. Difficulty climbs gradually through a category, so if you are stuck, a neighbouring level is the best hint — the boards share letter patterns. The daily puzzle rotates a new theme every day if you want a change.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify the NBA Teams category
All 299 answers across these 50 boards are read from the NBA Teams level data itself. Each word is checked against the letter pool its board actually gives you, so nothing is listed that the game would reject, and the level numbers are confirmed sequential with no gaps before the index publishes.
Reviewed by Priya Raghunathan, Word Games Editor at Puzzle Solved. Our full checking routine is written up in the methodology, and the standards we hold every page to are in the editorial policy.
Last checked — September 6, 2026Word Salad by the numbers
How to Solve a Word Salad Board
Three moves that clear a Word Salad board, in the order worth making them.
Read every category name first
The category names are the whole clue. Reading all of them before you move a single word tells you which groups are narrow and which are broad, and the narrow one is always the cheapest place to start.
Place the words only one group can take
Some words fit two categories on sight and some fit exactly one. Placing the unambiguous ones first shrinks the pool for everything else, which is what turns a stuck board into a solved one.
A full category is a finished category
Once a group has all its slots filled, nothing else belongs in it — and every word you have left belongs somewhere else. Working by elimination beats re-reading the same word against the same category.