BACKWATERS

10 letters, 21 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What BACKWATERS Means

BACKWATERS is a form of BACKWATER, which 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

BACKWATERS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 21 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 A1 C3 K5 W4 A1 T1 E1 R1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In BACKWATERS

615 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.

9 letter words (1)

8 letter words (8)

ABREACTS BACKREST BACKSEAT BEARCATS BRACKETS CABARETS CABRESTA SEATBACK

7 letter words (32)

6 letter words (82)

5 letter words (193)

ABACK ABACS ABASE ABASK ABATE ABEAR ABETS ACERB ACERS ACETA ACKER ACRES ARAKS ARBAS AREAS ARECA ARETS ASKER ASKEW ASTER AWAKE AWARE BACKS BAKER BAKES BAKRA BARCA BARES BARKS BASER BASTA BASTE BATES BAWRS BEAKS BEARS BEAST BEATS BECKS BERKS BESAT BESAW BETAS BRACE BRACK BRACT BRAES BRAKE BRAKS BRAST BRATS BRAWS BREAK BREWS CABAS CABER CABRE CAKES CARAT CARBS CARES CARET CARKS CARSE CARTA CARTE CARTS CASTE CATER CATES CAWKS CERTS CESTA CRABS CRAKE CRATE CRAWS CREAK CREST CREWS EARST ESCAR ESKAR KABAR KARAS KARAT KARST KARTS KATAS KAWAS KBARS KEBAR KERBS KESAR KETAS KRABS RABAT RACES RACKS RAKES RASTA RATAS RATES REACT REAKS REAST REATA RECKS RECTA RESAT RESAW SABER SABRA SABRE SACRA SAKER SAWER SCARE SCART SCEAT SCRAB SCRAE SCRAT SCRAW SCREW SERAC SEWAR SKART SKATE SKEAR STACK STAKE STARE STARK STEAK STEAR STRAE STRAK STRAW STREW SWACK SWARE SWART SWEAR SWEAT TABER TABES TACES TACKS TAKAS TAKER TAKES TARAS TARES TASAR TASER TAWAS TAWER TAWSE TEAKS TEARS TERAS TRABS TRACE TRACK TRECK TREKS TREWS TWAES TWEAK TWERK WAACS WACKE WACKS WAKAS WAKER WAKES WARBS WARES WARKS WARST WARTS WASTE WATER WEARS WEKAS WETAS WRACK WRAST WRATE WREAK WRECK WREST

4 letter words (191)

3 letter words (89)

AAS ABA ABS ACE ACT AKA AKE ARB ARC ARE ARK ARS ART ASK ATE ATS AWA AWE AWK BAA BAC BAR BAS BAT BES BET BRA CAA CAB CAR CAT CAW EAR EAS EAT ERA ERK ERS EST ETA EWK EWT KAB KAE KAS KAT KAW KEA KEB KET RAS RAT RAW REB REC RES RET REW SAB SAC SAE SAR SAT SAW SEA SEC SER SET SEW SKA TAB TAE TAK TAR TAS TAW TEA TEC TES TEW TSK TWA WAB WAE WAR WAS WAT WEB WET

2 letter words (19)

AA AB AE AR AS AT AW BA BE EA ER ES ET KA RE ST TA TE WE

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