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Is BACKWARDS a Scrabble word?

✔ In our word list BACKWARDS 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
21239

What does BACKWARDS mean?

  1. adverbat or to or toward the back or rear
  2. adverbin a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal

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

FAQ

Is BACKWARDS a Scrabble word?

BACKWARDS 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 BACKWARDS worth?

BACKWARDS is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words With Friends, before bonus squares.

What does BACKWARDS mean?

At or to or toward the back or rear.