Is BACKBOARD a word?
BACKBOARD is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words With Friends, has 9 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, BACKBOARD is a valid word.
What does backboard mean?
noun: a raised vertical board with basket attached; used to play basketball.
“he banked the shot off the backboard”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
BACKBOARD: word details
- Pronunciation: BAK-bawrd (approx., 2 syllables)
- Length: 9 letters, a long word. It is one of 41,139 9-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 20 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 23 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside backboard
Words you can make from the letters of backboard.
Solve a whole rack, not just BACKBOARD
BACKBOARD is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does BACKBOARD mean?
BACKBOARD is a noun. It means: a raised vertical board with basket attached; used to play basketball.
Is BACKBOARD a valid word?
Yes, BACKBOARD is a valid word. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.