Scrabble & Words with friends points
- back is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 12
- back is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 12
- back is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 14
Definition of back
- a support that you can lean against while sitting (noun)
Examples
- the back of the dental chair was adjustable
Synonyms
- backrest
- give support or one's approval to (verb)
Examples
- I can't back this plan
Synonyms
- endorse
- indorse
- second
- establish as valid or genuine (verb)
Examples
- Can you back up your claims?
Synonyms
- back up
- the side that goes last or is not normally seen (noun)
Examples
- he wrote the date on the back of the photograph
Synonyms
- rear
- the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book (noun)
Synonyms
- binding
- book binding
- cover
- the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord (noun)
Examples
- the fall broke his back
Synonyms
- backbone
- rachis
- spinal column
- spine
- vertebral column
- the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine (noun)
Examples
- his back was nicely tanned
Synonyms
- dorsum
- in or to or toward a past time (adverb)
Examples
- set the clocks back an hour
- never look back
- lovers of the past looking fondly backward
Synonyms
- backward
- place a bet on (verb)
Examples
- Which horse are you backing?
Synonyms
- bet on
- gage
- game
- punt
- stake
- be behind; approve of (verb)
Examples
- I backed Kennedy in 1960
Synonyms
- endorse
- indorse
- plump for
- plunk for
- support
- located at or near the back of an animal (adjective)
Examples
- back (or hind) legs
Synonyms
- hind
- hinder
- the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer (noun)
Examples
- he stood at the back of the stage
Synonyms
- rear
- at or to or toward the back or rear (adverb)
Examples
- he moved back
- tripped when he stepped backward
Synonyms
- backward
- backwards
- rearward
- rearwards
- (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage (noun)
- be in back of (verb)
Examples
- My garage backs their yard
- cause to travel backward (verb)
Examples
- back the car into the parking spot
- (football) a person who plays in the backfield (noun)
- of an earlier date (adjective)
Examples
- back issues of the magazine
- related to or located at the back (adjective)
Examples
- the back yard
- the back entrance
- shift to a counterclockwise direction (verb)
Examples
- the wind backed
- strengthen by providing with a back or backing (verb)
- support financial backing for (verb)
Examples
- back this enterprise
- the part of a garment that covers the back of your body (noun)
Examples
- they pinned a `kick me' sign on his back
- travel backward (verb)
Examples
- back into the driveway
- The car backed up and hit the tree
See definition of back in Merriam Webster