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BACKSTOP

8 letters, 18 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What BACKSTOP Means

  1. noun: (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher
  2. noun: (baseball) a fence or screen (as behind home plate) to prevent the ball from traveling out of the playing field
  3. verb: act as a backstop

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

BACKSTOP 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 S1 T1 O1 P3.

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