Unscramble BACKSLASH and you have 167 words, BACKSLASH itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
B34A1C34K5S1L12A1S1H43
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from BACKSLASH by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 3 with 7, 16 with 6, 46 with 5, 52 with 4, 37 with 3 and 11 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with BACKSLASH letters: BACKLASH, for 19 points.
Among 46 5-letter words from BACKSLASH, the top score is 14, reached by 4. BLACK, CLASS and BACKS are the familiar ones.
HACK tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BACKSLASH at 13 points; next come BACK on 12 and BACH on 11. CASH, LACK and BASS will look familiar.
Keep every letter of BACKSLASH but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with BA · ending in SH · all 9-letter words
BACKSLASH first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
BACKSLASH 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BACKSLASH itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 167) | 132 | 167 | 122 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: KACHA, BACHAS, KAHALS, BACHA, BACHS, HAKAS, HASKS, KAHAL, ABASK, HAKA, HASK, SABHAS and 23 more, 35 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SABKHAS, SABKHA, ACK, SABALS, LAHS, SABAL, AHS, CALS, LAH and CAL, 10 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of BACKSLASH spell the words below.