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Is BACKBONES a Scrabble word?

✔ In our word list BACKBONES is in ENABLE, the open word list behind Words With Friends and most word apps. For official tournament Scrabble, check Merriam-Webster's Scrabble dictionary.

Scrabble pointsWords With Friends pointsLetters
19239

What does BACKBONES mean?

BACKBONES is a form of BACKBONE.

  1. nouna central cohesive source of support and stability
  2. nounfortitude and determination
  3. nounthe series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord

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Words inside BACKBONES

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Our word list is ENABLE, first published in 2000 and still used by most word games.

Meanings come from Princeton WordNet (2011). How common a word is comes from wordfreq.

Look up BACKBONES in Merriam-Webster, Wiktionary, Collins or Dictionary.com. Check it for Scrabble at Merriam-Webster Scrabble.

FAQ

Is BACKBONES a Scrabble word?

BACKBONES is in ENABLE, the word list Words With Friends closely matches, and most ENABLE words are playable in North American Scrabble. Confirm tournament validity in the official Scrabble dictionary.

How many points is BACKBONES worth?

BACKBONES is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words With Friends, before bonus squares.

What does BACKBONES mean?

A central cohesive source of support and stability.