Unscramble BACKSTRAIGHTS and you have 379 words, BACKSTRAIGHTS itself among them: it scores 25 in Scrabble and 27 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is BACKSTRAIGHT, 24 points. 13 letters: 3 vowels and 10 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from BACKSTRAIGHTS by length: 1 with 13 letters, 1 with 12, 4 with 10, 13 with 9, 37 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2. None has 11 letters.
Just 1 of the 12-letter words made with BACKSTRAIGHTS letters: BACKSTRAIGHT, for 24 points.
BACKSIGHTS tops the 10-letter words in BACKSTRAIGHTS at 22 points; next come BRITSCHKAS on 21 and BACKSTAIRS on 18.
Among the 9-letter words from BACKSTRAIGHTS, BACKSIGHT leads with 21 points, then BRITSCHKA and SHABRACKS on 20. ABSTRACTS is the familiar one.
BRACKISH and SHABRACK are the top 8-letter words you get when you unscramble BACKSTRAIGHTS, 19 points each. ABSTRACT, STRAIGHT and HABITATS will look familiar.
Of the 60 7-letter words from BACKSTRAIGHTS, 14 score 16 points, the group's best. ATTACKS and HABITAT are the ones most people know.
18 of 60 6-letter words in BACKSTRAIGHTS tie at 15 points; none scores more. ATTACK, TRACKS and BRIGHT will look familiar.
60 5-letter words made with BACKSTRAIGHTS letters; 10 of them share the top score of 14. THICK, BRICK and BATCH are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BACKSTRAIGHTS are led by CHIK, HACK and HICK, 13 points each. BACK, CHAT and CASH are the familiar ones.
KHI tops the 3-letter words from BACKSTRAIGHTS at 10 points; next come ACK and ICK on 9. HAS, BIG and ACT will look familiar.
Keep every letter of BACKSTRAIGHTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 13-letter words: starting with BA · ending in TS · all 13-letter words
Short meanings for the 7 highest-scoring answers, starting with BRACKISH and SHAGBARKS (19 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BACKSTRAIGHTS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BACKSTRAIGHTS itself | Yes | No | No |
| Answers accepted (of 379) | 274 | 375 | 232 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
105 of the 379 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BACKSIGHTS, BACKSIGHT, BRITSCHKAS, BRITSCHKA, SHABRACKS, SHABRACK, CHIKARAS, SABKHATS, CHIKARA, SABKHAT, SHAGTASTIC, SKITCH and 93 more. 40 of the 379 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BACKSTAIR, SABKHAS, HAICKS, SABKHA, SHIKARAS, HAICK, KARAHIS, KITBAGS, SHIKARA, SHIKRAS, SHITBAGS, TASKBARS and 28 more. 2 of the 379 answers are missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: BACKSTRAIGHTS and BACKSTRAIGHT. 2 of the 379 answers are missing from Scrabble UK: SHICKSA and SHIKSA.