BACK

4 letters 12 pts

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

  1. in or to or toward a past time; "set the clocks back an hour"; "never look back"; "lovers of the past looking fondly backward"
  2. 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"
  3. 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"
  4. in or to or toward a former location; "she went back to her parents' house"
  5. in or to or toward an original condition; "he went back to sleep"
  6. in reply; "he wrote back three days later"

Verb

  1. strengthen by providing with a back or backing
  2. establish as valid or genuine; "Can you back up your claims?"
  3. shift to a counterclockwise direction; "the wind backed"
  4. place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse"
  5. travel backward; "back into the driveway"; "The car backed up and hit the tree"
  6. cause to travel backward; "back the car into the parking spot"
  7. support financial backing for; "back this enterprise"
  8. be behind; approve of; "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960"
  9. give support or one's approval to; "I'll second that motion"; "I can't back this plan"; "endorse a new project"
  10. be in back of; "My garage backs their yard"

Noun

  1. (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage
  2. a support that you can lean against while sitting; "the back of the dental chair was adjustable"
  3. the part of a garment that covers the back of your body; "they pinned a `kick me' sign on his back"
  4. the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book; "the book had a leather binding"
  5. the side that goes last or is not normally seen; "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph"
  6. the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine; "his back was nicely tanned"
  7. the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back"
  8. 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"
  9. (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.