Scrabble Dictionary
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BACK
Scrabble Validity
✅ Valid Word
Valid in:
- SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK)
- TWL/NWL (Scrabble US)
- ENABLE (Words with Friends)
Tile Values
B
3
A
1
C
3
K
5
Σ
12
Definitions
Adverb
- in or to or toward a past time; "set the clocks back an hour"; "never look back"; "lovers of the past looking fondly backward"
- at or to or toward the back or rear; "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car"
- in repayment or retaliation; "we paid back everything we had borrowed"; "he hit me and I hit him back"; "I was kept in after school for talking back to the teacher"
- in or to or toward a former location; "she went back to her parents' house"
- in or to or toward an original condition; "he went back to sleep"
- in reply; "he wrote back three days later"
Verb
- strengthen by providing with a back or backing
- establish as valid or genuine; "Can you back up your claims?"
- shift to a counterclockwise direction; "the wind backed"
- place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse"
- travel backward; "back into the driveway"; "The car backed up and hit the tree"
- cause to travel backward; "back the car into the parking spot"
- support financial backing for; "back this enterprise"
- be behind; approve of; "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960"
- give support or one's approval to; "I'll second that motion"; "I can't back this plan"; "endorse a new project"
- be in back of; "My garage backs their yard"
Noun
- (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage
- a support that you can lean against while sitting; "the back of the dental chair was adjustable"
- the part of a garment that covers the back of your body; "they pinned a `kick me' sign on his back"
- the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book; "the book had a leather binding"
- the side that goes last or is not normally seen; "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph"
- the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine; "his back was nicely tanned"
- the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back"
- the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer; "he stood at the back of the stage"; "it was hidden in the rear of the store"
- (football) a person who plays in the backfield
Source: Princeton WordNet 3.1
About the word BACK
Yes, BACK is a valid Scrabble word. If you play it, you can score 12 points in Scrabble. It is recognized as a playable word in the SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK), TWL/NWL (Scrabble US), ENABLE (Words with Friends) dictionaries.
BACK is a 4-letter word. It contains 1 vowels and 3 consonants.