178 words come out when you unscramble BACKINGS, starting with BACKINGS itself: 17 in Scrabble, 21 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from BACKINGS split into 1 with 8 letters, 6 with 7, 9 with 6, 35 with 5, 60 with 4, 53 with 3 and 14 with 2.
BACKS tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BACKINGS at 13 points; next come BANKS and BINKS on 11. BASIC, KINGS and BASIN will look familiar.
BACK scores highest among the 4-letter words from BACKINGS at 12 points, ahead of BANK and BASK on 10. KING, SKIN and BAGS are the ones most people know.
ACK, ICK and KAB are the top 3-letter words in BACKINGS, 9 points each. CAN, BIG and ASK will look familiar.
Keep every letter of BACKINGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with BA · ending in GS · all 8-letter words
The meaning of BACKINGS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BACKINGS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BACKINGS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 178) | 139 | 178 | 121 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
39 of the 178 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CAKINGS, NIKABS, BINKS, NABKS, NIKAB, SAICK, AKING, BINK, KAING, KANGS, KNAGS, NABK and 27 more. 18 of the 178 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GANKS, ICKS, ACK, BANCS, GANK, BANC, SIKA, BING, CIGS, KIS, CIG, KI and 6 more.
These 4 words take every letter of BACKINGS plus a single extra one.