Scrabble & Words with friends points
- recoils is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 9
- recoils is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 9
- recoils is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 11
Definition of recoils
- a movement back from an impact (noun)
Synonyms
- backlash
- rebound
- repercussion
- spring back; spring away from an impact (verb)
Synonyms
- bounce
- bound
- rebound
- resile
- reverberate
- ricochet
- spring
- take a hop
- spring back, as from a forceful thrust (verb)
Synonyms
- kick
- kick back
- draw back, as with fear or pain (verb)
Synonyms
- cringe
- flinch
- funk
- quail
- shrink
- squinch
- wince
- come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect (verb)
Synonyms
- backfire
- backlash
- the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired (noun)
Synonyms
- kick
See definition of recoils in Merriam Webster