List of 8-letter words beginning with

Click to choose the sixth letter

Click to remove the fifth letter

Click to change word size
All alphabetical All by size 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

There are 11 eight-letter words beginning with BACKS

BACKSAWS	• backsaws n. Plural of backsaw. • BACKSAW n. a saw (as a tenon saw) whose blade is stiffened by an added metallic back.
BACKSEAT	• backseat n. Alternative spelling of back seat. • back-seat n. Alternative spelling of back seat. • back␣seat n. Any of the seats in the rear of a vehicle.
BACKSETS	• backsets v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backset. • BACKSET v. to attack from the rear.
BACKSEYS	• BACKSEY n. (Scots) sirloin.
BACKSIDE	• backside n. The back side of anything, the part opposite its front, particularly… • backside n. (Figuratively) The reverse or opposite of anything. • backside n. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see back, side.
BACKSLAP	• backslap v. To enthusiastically affirm or congratulate a person, especially by patting them on the back. • back␣slap n. A slap delivered with the back of one’s hand instead of the palm-side of an open hand. • back␣slap n. (Martial arts) A controlled landing, slapping to the mat with one’s back.
BACKSLID	• backslid v. Simple past tense and past participle of backslide. • BACKSLIDE v. to fall back.
BACKSPIN	• backspin n. Spin applied to a ball in order to slow it, change its flight, or stop it when it lands. • backspin n. (Music) Synonym of spinback. • backspin v. (Transitive) To spin (a ball) with this motion.
BACKSTAB	• backstab v. (Transitive) to attack someone (especially verbally) unfairly in a deceitful, underhand, or treacherous… • BACKSTAB v. to stab in the back.
BACKSTAY	• backstay n. (Nautical) A part of the rigging of a sailing ship extending from masthead the top of the mast to the… • backstay n. A strengthening or supporting piece that is built into the back of something. • BACKSTAY n. a stay extending from ship's mastheads to the side of the ship.
BACKSTOP	• backstop n. A thing or a person put in the rear or in the back of something to reinforce, hold, support. • backstop n. A default arrangement that holds if all else fails. • backstop n. (Baseball) A wall or fence behind home plate.

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.
Definitions are short excerpt from the WikWik.org and 1Word.ws.

	Back to top
Previous List	Next List

See this list for:

English Wiktionary: 29 words
Scrabble in French: no word
Scrabble in Spanish: no word
Scrabble in Italian: no word
Scrabble in German: 1 word
Scrabble in Romanian: no word

Recommended websites

Visit WikWik.org - to search for words and build lists from Wiktionary's words.
www.BestWordList.com to create personalized word lists.
www.BestWordClub.com to play duplicate online scrabble.
1word.ws to play with words, anagrams, suffixes, prefixes, etc.
Ortograf.ws to look for words.

This site uses web cookies, click to learn more. Our privacy policy.
© Ortograf Inc. Website updated on 1 January 2024 (v-2.2.0z). Informations & Contacts.