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BACKBONE

8 letters, 18 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What BACKBONE Means

  1. noun: a central cohesive source of support and stability“faith is his anchor”
  2. noun: fortitude and determination“he didn't have the guts to try it”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

BACKBONE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 18 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 A1 C3 K5 B3 O1 N1 E1.

Words Made From The Letters In BACKBONE

112 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.

6 letter words (3)

5 letter words (16)

4 letter words (38)

3 letter words (39)

2 letter words (16)

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