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BACKHOES

8 letters, 19 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What BACKHOES Means

BACKHOES is a form of BACKHOE, which means:

  1. noun: an excavator whose shovel bucket is attached to a hinged boom and is drawn backward to move earth

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

BACKHOES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 19 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 A1 C3 K5 H4 O1 E1 S1.

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.