BACKWARD

What BACKWARD Means

1. adjective: directed or facing toward the back or rear“a backward view”
2. adjective: (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature“a backward lover”
3. adverb: at or to or toward the back or rear“he moved back”
4. adverb: in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal“it's easy to get the ‘i’ and the ‘e’ backward in words like ‘seize’ and ‘siege’”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

BACKWARD is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 20 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 A1 C3 K5 W4 A1 R1 D2.

Anagrams of BACKWARD (1)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In BACKWARD

83 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 (2)

5 letter words (8)

4 letter words (37)

3 letter words (28)

2 letter words (8)

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