Unscramble BACKDATING to get 214 words. BACKDATING itself is a real word: 20 points on a Scrabble board, 24 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from BACKDATING by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 8, 10 with 7, 21 with 6, 41 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 9 letters.
ABDICANT is the only one of the 8-letter words in BACKDATING; it scores 13 points.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BACKDATING, ABACK leads with 13 points, then BANAK and BATIK on 11. AGAIN, GIANT and CABIN are the familiar ones.
BACK tops the 4-letter words made with BACKDATING letters at 12 points; next come DACK and DICK on 11. BANK, KING and KIND will look familiar.
The 3-letter words you get when you unscramble BACKDATING are led by ACK, ICK and KAB, 9 points each. CAN, BIG and ACT are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of BACKDATING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with BA · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
The meaning of BACKDATING, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BACKDATING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BACKDATING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 214) | 152 | 213 | 134 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DACKING, ABDICANT, BAKGAT, TIKANGA, BANAK, DACK, KAINGA, NIKAB, AKING, BINK, CADAGI, KADAI and 50 more, 62 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: KITBAG, BANKIT, KINDA, ACK, GANK, BANC, BANDA, CNIDA, BING, TACAN, ACAI, AGITA and 6 more, 18 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: BINT.