Is BACKUP a word?
BACKUP is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words With Friends, has 6 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 20 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, BACKUP is a valid word.
What does backup mean?
noun: an accumulation caused by clogging or a stoppage.
“a traffic backup on the main street”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
BACKUP: word details
- Pronunciation: BA-kuhp (approx., 2 syllables)
- Length: 6 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 22,342 6-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 16 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 20 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 backup
Words you can make from the letters of backup.
Solve a whole rack, not just BACKUP
BACKUP 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 BACKUP mean?
BACKUP is a noun. It means: an accumulation caused by clogging or a stoppage.
Is BACKUP a valid word?
Yes, BACKUP is a valid word. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 20 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.