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BACKSTOP

8 letters 18 pts

Scrabble Validity

Valid UK Scrabble Word

Confirmed in SOWPODS / CSW24 (UK & International Scrabble).

Dictionary memberships:

  • TWL/NWL (Scrabble US) — US Scrabble validity
  • ENABLE (Words with Friends) — Words With Friends validity
  • SOWPODS / CSW24 (UK & International Scrabble) — UK Scrabble validity

Tile Values

B 3
A 1
C 3
K 5
S 1
T 1
O 1
P 3
Σ 18

Definitions

Noun

  1. a precaution in case of an emergency; "he acted as a backstop in case anything went wrong"
  2. (baseball) a fence or screen (as behind home plate) to prevent the ball from traveling out of the playing field
  3. (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher

Verb

  1. act as a backstop

Source: Princeton WordNet 3.1

About the word BACKSTOP

Yes, BACKSTOP is valid for UK Scrabble according to SOWPODS / CSW24 (UK & International Scrabble). If you play it, you can score 18 points in Scrabble.

BACKSTOP is a 8-letter word. It contains 2 vowels and 6 consonants.

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