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BACKWASHES

10 letters, 24 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What BACKWASHES Means

BACKWASHES is a form of BACKWASH, which means:

  1. noun: the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
  2. noun: the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)“the aftermath of war”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

BACKWASHES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 24 in Scrabble and 26 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 A1 C3 K5 W4 A1 S1 H4 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In BACKWASHES

290 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 (5)

7 letter words (12)

6 letter words (33)

5 letter words (75)

4 letter words (92)

3 letter words (56)

2 letter words (17)

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