Unscramble BACKBARS to get 109 words. BACKBARS itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 21 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from BACKBARS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 6 with 6, 27 with 5, 42 with 4, 26 with 3 and 6 with 2.
BACKBAR is the only one of the 7-letter words in BACKBARS; it scores 17 points.
Of the 27 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BACKBARS, 5 score 13 points, the group's best. RACKS, BACKS and CRABS are the ones most people know.
BACK tops the 4-letter words from BACKBARS at 12 points; next come BARK and BASK on 10. CARS, BARS and RACK will look familiar.
Keep every letter of BACKBARS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with BA · ending in RS · all 8-letter words
BACKBARS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BACKBARS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BACKBARS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 109) | 81 | 109 | 76 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 28 of them: BRACKS, BRACK, ABASK, BRAKS, KRABS, BRAK, KRAB, ABACS, CABAS, KARAS, SCRAB, ABAC and 16 more. Words With Friends* skips 5 of them: BACKBARS, BACKBAR, BARCAS, ACK and BARCA.
Each word below uses all the letters of BACKBARS and one more.