Is BACKHANDED a word?
BACKHANDED is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 23 points in Scrabble and 25 points in Words With Friends, has 10 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, BACKHANDED is a valid word.
What does backhanded mean?
adjective: (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke.
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
BACKHANDED: word details
- Pronunciation: BAK-han-dihd (approx., 3 syllables)
- Length: 10 letters, a long word. It is one of 35,784 10-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 23 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 25 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 backhanded
Words you can make from the letters of backhanded.
Solve a whole rack, not just BACKHANDED
BACKHANDED 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 BACKHANDED mean?
BACKHANDED is a adjective. It means: (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke.
Is BACKHANDED a valid word?
Yes, BACKHANDED is a valid word. It scores 23 points in Scrabble and 25 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.