What BACKGROUND Means
- noun: a person's social heritage: previous experience or training“he is a lawyer with a sports background”
- noun: the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground“he posed her against a background of rolling hills”
- verb: understate the importance or quality of“he played down his royal ancestry”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
BACKGROUND is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 20 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 A1 C3 K5 G2 R1 O1 U1 N1 D2.
Words Made From The Letters In BACKGROUND
427 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.
7 letter words (6)
6 letter words (34)
ABOUNDAROUNDBANDOGBAROCKBARONGBODRAGBONDUCBROGANBUCKRACANDORCARBONCARDONCOBURGCORBANCORNUACOUGANCOUGARDACRONDORBUGDRAGONDURGANGARCONGROUNDKOBANGKORUNAKURGANNOGAKUOURANGROBANDUNBARKUNCORDUNCORKUNDOCKUNGORD
5 letter words (87)
ABORDACORNADORNADUNCANDROARGONBACONBANCOBARDOBARONBOARDBOGANBORAKBORNABOUNDBOURDBOURGBOURNBRACKBRANDBRANKBROADBROCKBRONCBRONDBRUNGBUCKOBUNCOBUNKOBURANBURKACARBOCARGOCAROBCARONCOARBCOBRACONGACORNUCOURBCOURDCRANKCROAKCRONKCRUNKDOBRADONGADORBADOUARDOURADRACKDRACODRANKDROUKDRUNKDUROCGARBOGOBANGOBARGONADGOURAGOURDGRANDGROANGRUNDGUACOGUANOGUARDKNAURKOBANKONBUKORUNKOURAKRANGKRONANAGORNARCOOBANGORANGORGANRACONRADONROUNDUNBAGUNBARUNGODURBAN
4 letter words (166)
AGONARCOBACKBANCBANDBANGBANKBARDBARKBARNBAUDBAUKBAURBOAKBOARBOCKBONABONDBONGBONKBORABORDBORKBORNBOUKBOUNBRADBRAGBRAKBRANBRODBROGBUCKBUDABUDOBUNABUNDBUNGBUNKBURABURDBURGBURKBURNCANGCARBCARDCARKCARNCAUKCODACONDCONKCORDCORKCORNCOURCRABCRAGCRANCROGCRUDCURBCURDCURNDACKDAGODANGDANKDARBDARGDARKDARNDAUBDAURDOABDOCKDONADONGDORBDORKDOUCDOUKDOUNDOURDRABDRACDRAGDRUBDRUGDUANDUARDUCKDUKADUNGDUNKDURADURNDUROGARBGAUDGAUNGAURGNARGOADGONKGORAGOUKGRABGRADGRANGROKGRUBGUANGUARGUCKGUNKGURNKAGOKAGUKANGKAONKARNKAROKBARKNAGKNARKNUBKNURKOANKONDKORAKORUKRABKUDOKUNANABKNARCNARDNARKNOCKNORKNURDOKRAORADORCAOURNRACKRAGURAKURANDRANGRANKRAUNROADROANROCKRONGRUCKRUGARUNDRUNGUDONUNCOUNDOURAO
3 letter words (110)
ABOADOAGOANDARBARCARDARKAUKBACBADBAGBANBARBOABODBOGBOKBONBORBRABROBRUBUDBUGBUNBURCABCADCAGCANCARCOBCODCOGCONCORCRUCUBCUDCURDABDAGDAKDANDOBDOCDOGDONDORDUBDUGDUNDUOGABGADGAKGANGARGAUGNUGOAGOBGODGONGORGUBGUNGURKABKOAKOBKONKORNABNAGNODNOGNORNUBNUROAKOAROBAOCAODAOKAORAORBORCORDOUDOUKOURRADRAGRANROBROCRODROKRUBRUCRUDRUGRUNUDOURBURDURN
2 letter words (24)
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