Is TIEBACK a word?
TIEBACK is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words With Friends, has 7 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, TIEBACK is a valid word.
What does tieback mean?
noun: a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back.
“the draperies were drawn to the sides by pullbacks”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
TIEBACK: word details
- Length: 7 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 33,192 7-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 15 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 17 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 tieback
Words you can make from the letters of tieback.
Solve a whole rack, not just TIEBACK
TIEBACK 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 TIEBACK mean?
TIEBACK is a noun. It means: a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back.
Is TIEBACK a valid word?
Yes, TIEBACK is a valid word. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 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.