What BACKHANDS Means
BACKHANDS is a form of BACKHAND, which means:
- adjective: (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke
- adjective: (of handwriting) having the letters slanting backward
- noun: a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke
- verb: hit a tennis ball backhand
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
BACKHANDS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 21 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 A1 C3 K5 H4 A1 N1 D2 S1.
Words Made From The Letters In BACKHANDS
181 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)
7 letter words (3)
6 letter words (16)
5 letter words (42)
ABACKABACSABANDABASHABASKADHANANKHSBACHABACHSBACKSBANAKBANCSBANDABANDHBANDSBANKSBASANCABASCHADSCHANACHANKDACHADACKSDANKSDHAKSHACKSHAKASHANDSHANKSHANSAKACHAKANASKASHAKHANSNABKSNADASSABHASCANDSHACKSHANDSHANKSNACK
4 letter words (62)
AAHSABACABASAKASANASANDSANKHANSABAASBACHBACKBACSBADSBANCBANDBANKBANSBASHBASKCAASCABACABSCADSCANSCASACASHCASKCHADCHASDABSDACKDAHSDAKSDANKDANSDASHDHAKHACKHADSHAKAHANDHANKHASKKAASKABSKANAKANSKHANNABKNABSNACHNADANADSSACKSANDSANKSCABSCADSCANSHADSHANSNAB
3 letter words (44)
AAHAASABAABSACHADSAHAAHSAKAANAANDANSASHASKBAABACBADBAHBANBASCAACABCADCANCHADABDAHDAKDANDASHADHANHASKABKASNABNAHNASSABSACSADSANSHASKA
2 letter words (13)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.