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BACKBANDS

9 letters, 20 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What BACKBANDS Means

BACKBANDS is a form of BACKBAND, which means:

  1. noun: a broad band that passes over the back of a horse and supports the shafts of a vehicle

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

BACKBANDS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 20 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 A1 C3 K5 B3 A1 N1 D2 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In BACKBANDS

118 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

8 letter words (1)

6 letter words (7)

5 letter words (24)

4 letter words (45)

3 letter words (32)

2 letter words (9)

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