What BACKWATER Means
- noun: a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam“the bayous and backwaters are breeding grounds for mosquitos”
- noun: a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring“the country is an economic backwater”
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
BACKWATER 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 T1 E1 R1.
Words Made From The Letters In BACKWATER
225 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.
7 letter words (5)
6 letter words (15)
5 letter words (49)
ABACKABATEABEARACERBACETAACKERARECAAWAKEAWAREBAKERBAKRABARCABRACEBRACKBRACTBRAKEBREAKCABERCABRECARATCARETCARTACARTECATERCRAKECRATECREAKKABARKARATKEBARRABATREACTREATARECTATABERTAKERTAWERTRACETRACKTRECKTWEAKTWERKWACKEWAKERWATERWRACKWRATEWREAKWRECK
4 letter words (80)
ABACABETACERACREACTAARAKARBAAREAARETAREWBACKBAKEBAREBARKBATEBAWRBEAKBEARBEATBECKBERKBETABRAEBRAKBRATBRAWBREWCABACAKECARBCARECARKCARTCATECERTCRABCRAWCREWKARAKARTKATAKAWAKBARKERBKETAKRABRACARACERACKRAKERATARATEREAKRECKTACETACKTAKATAKETARATARETAWATEAKTEARTREKTREWTWAEWAACWACKWAKAWAKEWARBWAREWARKWARTWATEWEAKWEARWEKAWERTWETA
3 letter words (60)
ABAACEACTAKAAKEARBARCAREARKARTATEAWAAWEAWKBAABACBARBATBETBRACAACABCARCATCAWEAREATERAERKETAEWKEWTKABKAEKATKAWKEAKEBKETRATRAWREBRECRETREWTABTAETAKTARTAWTEATECTEWTWAWABWAEWARWATWEBWET
2 letter words (16)
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