Unscramble BACKTALKS and you have 161 words, BACKTALKS itself among them: it scores 21 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 21 points: TALKBACKS. Of the shorter words, BACKTALK and TALKBACK lead with 20 points. It has 9 letters, 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BACKTALKS by length: 2 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 6 with 6, 42 with 5, 60 with 4, 39 with 3 and 10 with 2. None has 7 letters.
KACKS scores highest among the 5-letter words from BACKTALKS at 15 points, ahead of ABACK and AKKAS on 13. BLACK, TALKS and ATLAS are the ones most people know.
KACK tops the 4-letter words from BACKTALKS at 14 points; next come BACK and KAKA on 12. LAST, TALK and TASK will look familiar.
These 4 words have the length of BACKTALKS, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with BA · ending in KS · all 9-letter words
BACKTALKS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BACKTALKS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BACKTALKS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 161) | 130 | 161 | 119 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: KACKS, KACK, AKKAS, KAKS, ABASK, KAK, KATALS, TALAKS, ABACS, CABAS, KATAL, LAKSA and 19 more, 31 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BACKTALKS, TALKBACKS, BACKTALK, TALKBACK, ACK, TAKAS, SABAL, CALS, CAL, SALAT and ATS, 11 in all.