227 words come out when you unscramble BACKBITES, starting with BACKBITES itself: 19 in Scrabble, 22 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, BACKBITE leads with 18 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from BACKBITES split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 12 with 7, 12 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
4 of 60 5-letter words from BACKBITES tie at 13 points; none scores more. BASIC, TAKES and BABES will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words from BACKBITES, BACK and BECK tie for first at 12 points. TAKE, TASK and BIKE are everyday picks.
4 of 60 3-letter words in BACKBITES tie at 9 points; none scores more. ITS, ACT and ASK will look familiar.
Keep every letter of BACKBITES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with BA · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
What BACKBITES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. BACKBITES is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BACKBITES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 227) | 175 | 227 | 157 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
52 of the 227 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BACKETS, BACKIES, BESTICK, BACKET, BACKIE, TACKIES, SAICK, KEBS, KAIES, KATIS, KEB, SITKA and 40 more. 18 of the 227 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BABIEST, ICKS, ACK, BIBES, KETAS, SAKTI, BIBE, KETA, SIKA, ETICS, KIS, KI and 6 more.
This word takes every letter of BACKBITES plus a single extra one.