What BACKLASH Means
- noun: a movement back from an impact
- noun: an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence“there was a backlash of intolerance”
- verb: come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect“Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”
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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
BACKLASH 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 L1 A1 S1 H4.
Words Made From The Letters In BACKLASH
132 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 (9)
5 letter words (36)
ABACKABACSABASHABASKALACKALBASBAALSBACHABACHSBACKSBALASBALKSBALSABASALBLACKBLAHSBLASHCABALCABASCALKSCHALKCHALSCLASHHACKSHAKASKACHAKAHALKASHALACKSLAKHSLAKSASABALSABHASCALASHACKSLACK
4 letter words (42)
AAHSAALSABACABASAKASALASALBAALBSBAALBAASBACHBACKBACSBALKBALSBASHBASKBLAHCAASCABACABSCALKCASACASHCASKCHALCHASHACKHAKAHASKKAALKAASKABSLABSLACKLACSLAHSLAKHLASHSACKSCABSLAB
3 letter words (34)
AAHAALAASABAABSACHAHAAHSAKAALAALBALSASHASKBAABACBAHBALBASCAACABCHAHASKABKASLABLACLAHLASSABSACSALSHASKA
2 letter words (11)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.