Definition of backcrossing

"backcrossing" in the verb sense

1. backcross

mate a hybrid of the first generation with one of its parents

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backcrossing in Scrabble®

The word backcrossing is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 23

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters backcrossing:

BACKCROSSING
(270)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (41 words)

agnosic, arkosic, backing, barking, basking, bonsais, boracic, borings, bossing, bracing, braking, brogans, broking, caisson, carbons, carsick, casings, casinos, cassock, coaking, cocking, cognacs, corking, cosigns, isobars, organic, racking, rocking, sabinos, sacking, scaring, scoriac, scorias, scoring, sickbag, signora, signors, soaking, soaring, socking, sringas

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word backcrossing

BACKCROSSING
(270)
BACKCROSSING
(243)
BACKCROSSING
(180)
BACKCROSSING
(162)
BACKCROSSING
(112)
BACKCROSSING
(108)
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(108)
BACKCROSSING
(100)
BACKCROSSING
(96)
BACKCROSSING
(96)
BACKCROSSING
(92)
BACKCROSSING
(92)
BACKCROSSING
(92)
BACKCROSSING
(92)
BACKCROSSING
(81)
BACKCROSSING
(75)
BACKCROSSING
(70)
BACKCROSSING
(62)
BACKCROSSING
(62)
BACKCROSSING
(58)
BACKCROSSING
(54)
BACKCROSSING
(54)
BACKCROSSING
(50)
BACKCROSSING
(50)
BACKCROSSING
(39)
BACKCROSSING
(37)
BACKCROSSING
(33)
BACKCROSSING
(31)
BACKCROSSING
(30)
BACKCROSSING
(29)
BACKCROSSING
(28)
BACKCROSSING
(28)

The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In backcrossing

BACKCROSSING
(270)
BACKCROSSING
(243)
BACKCROSSING
(180)
BACKCROSSING
(162)
COCKING
(114 = 64 + 50)
SICKBAG
(114 = 64 + 50)
BACKING
(114 = 64 + 50)
BACKING
(113 = 63 + 50)
BACKING
(113 = 63 + 50)
COCKING
(113 = 63 + 50)
COCKING
(113 = 63 + 50)
SICKBAG
(113 = 63 + 50)
SICKBAG
(113 = 63 + 50)
BACKCROSSING
(112)
CASSOCK
(110 = 60 + 50)
CASSOCK
(110 = 60 + 50)
CARSICK
(110 = 60 + 50)
CARSICK
(110 = 60 + 50)
BACKCROSSING
(108)
BACKCROSSING
(108)
CORKING
(107 = 57 + 50)
BASKING
(107 = 57 + 50)
SOCKING
(107 = 57 + 50)
SICKBAG
(107 = 57 + 50)
SACKING
(107 = 57 + 50)
SOCKING
(107 = 57 + 50)
SACKING
(107 = 57 + 50)
COAKING
(107 = 57 + 50)
COAKING
(107 = 57 + 50)
ROCKING
(107 = 57 + 50)
BACKING
(107 = 57 + 50)
BACKING
(107 = 57 + 50)
CORKING
(107 = 57 + 50)
BASKING
(107 = 57 + 50)
ROCKING
(107 = 57 + 50)
COCKING
(107 = 57 + 50)
RACKING
(107 = 57 + 50)
RACKING
(107 = 57 + 50)
BARKING
(107 = 57 + 50)
BROKING
(107 = 57 + 50)
BARKING
(107 = 57 + 50)
SICKBAG
(107 = 57 + 50)
COCKING
(107 = 57 + 50)
BRAKING
(107 = 57 + 50)
BRAKING
(107 = 57 + 50)
BROKING
(107 = 57 + 50)
BASKING
(106 = 56 + 50)
BROKING
(106 = 56 + 50)
ROCKING
(106 = 56 + 50)
RACKING
(106 = 56 + 50)
COAKING
(106 = 56 + 50)
BARKING
(106 = 56 + 50)
SOCKING
(106 = 56 + 50)
CORKING
(106 = 56 + 50)
SACKING
(106 = 56 + 50)
BRAKING
(106 = 56 + 50)
ARKOSIC
(104 = 54 + 50)
CARSICK
(104 = 54 + 50)
CASSOCK
(104 = 54 + 50)
CARSICK
(104 = 54 + 50)
CASSOCK
(104 = 54 + 50)
BACKING
(104 = 54 + 50)
COCKING
(104 = 54 + 50)
SICKBAG
(104 = 54 + 50)
BORACIC
(102 = 52 + 50)
ARKOSIC
(102 = 52 + 50)
SOCKING
(101 = 51 + 50)
COAKING
(101 = 51 + 50)
CORKING
(101 = 51 + 50)
SOAKING
(101 = 51 + 50)
BACKING
(101 = 51 + 50)
BRAKING
(101 = 51 + 50)
BROKING
(101 = 51 + 50)
SICKBAG
(101 = 51 + 50)
BACKING
(101 = 51 + 50)
ROCKING
(101 = 51 + 50)
SICKBAG
(101 = 51 + 50)
SICKBAG
(101 = 51 + 50)
BARKING
(101 = 51 + 50)
COCKING
(101 = 51 + 50)
SACKING
(101 = 51 + 50)
BASKING
(101 = 51 + 50)
RACKING
(101 = 51 + 50)
COCKING
(101 = 51 + 50)
BACKING
(101 = 51 + 50)
COCKING
(101 = 51 + 50)
SOAKING
(101 = 51 + 50)
BACKCROSSING
(100)
CASSOCK
(98 = 48 + 50)
CASSOCK
(98 = 48 + 50)
SOCKING
(98 = 48 + 50)
SOAKING
(98 = 48 + 50)
ROCKING
(98 = 48 + 50)
CASSOCK
(98 = 48 + 50)
CASSOCK
(98 = 48 + 50)
COAKING
(98 = 48 + 50)
COCKING
(98 = 48 + 50)
BASKING
(98 = 48 + 50)
RACKING
(98 = 48 + 50)
BARKING
(98 = 48 + 50)
BRACING
(98 = 48 + 50)
COGNACS
(98 = 48 + 50)
BACKING
(98 = 48 + 50)
CASSOCK
(98 = 48 + 50)
CORKING
(98 = 48 + 50)
SICKBAG
(98 = 48 + 50)
ARKOSIC
(98 = 48 + 50)
CARSICK
(98 = 48 + 50)
SACKING
(98 = 48 + 50)
CARSICK
(98 = 48 + 50)
BRAKING
(98 = 48 + 50)
BROKING
(98 = 48 + 50)
BORACIC
(98 = 48 + 50)
CARSICK
(98 = 48 + 50)
CARSICK
(98 = 48 + 50)
CARSICK
(98 = 48 + 50)
BORACIC
(98 = 48 + 50)
BORACIC
(98 = 48 + 50)
BACKCROSSING
(96)
BACKCROSSING
(96)
ARKOSIC
(96 = 46 + 50)
RACKING
(95 = 45 + 50)
BRACING
(95 = 45 + 50)
BRAKING
(95 = 45 + 50)
RACKING
(95 = 45 + 50)
BASKING
(95 = 45 + 50)
BASKING
(95 = 45 + 50)
BASKING
(95 = 45 + 50)
RACKING
(95 = 45 + 50)
BARKING
(95 = 45 + 50)
BARKING
(95 = 45 + 50)
BRAKING
(95 = 45 + 50)
BRACING
(95 = 45 + 50)
BARKING
(95 = 45 + 50)
BASKING
(95 = 45 + 50)
BROKING
(95 = 45 + 50)
BARKING
(95 = 45 + 50)
BROKING
(95 = 45 + 50)
COGNACS
(95 = 45 + 50)
COGNACS
(95 = 45 + 50)
BROKING
(95 = 45 + 50)
CORKING
(95 = 45 + 50)
BROKING
(95 = 45 + 50)
CORKING
(95 = 45 + 50)
CORKING
(95 = 45 + 50)
SOCKING
(95 = 45 + 50)
ROCKING
(95 = 45 + 50)
SOCKING
(95 = 45 + 50)
COAKING
(95 = 45 + 50)
CARSICK
(95 = 45 + 50)
ROCKING
(95 = 45 + 50)
ROCKING
(95 = 45 + 50)
SOCKING
(95 = 45 + 50)
COAKING
(95 = 45 + 50)
SACKING
(95 = 45 + 50)
CASSOCK
(95 = 45 + 50)
SACKING
(95 = 45 + 50)
COAKING
(95 = 45 + 50)
SACKING
(95 = 45 + 50)
SOCKING
(95 = 45 + 50)
BRAKING
(95 = 45 + 50)
SACKING
(95 = 45 + 50)
BRAKING
(95 = 45 + 50)
COAKING
(95 = 45 + 50)
BRACING
(95 = 45 + 50)
CORKING
(95 = 45 + 50)
RACKING
(95 = 45 + 50)
ROCKING
(95 = 45 + 50)
SICKBAG
(94 = 44 + 50)
BACKING
(94 = 44 + 50)
COCKING
(94 = 44 + 50)
BACKING
(94 = 44 + 50)
COCKING
(94 = 44 + 50)
CARBONS
(94 = 44 + 50)
SCORIAC
(94 = 44 + 50)
SICKBAG
(94 = 44 + 50)
SACKING
(92 = 42 + 50)
SICKBAG
(92 = 42 + 50)
BRAKING
(92 = 42 + 50)
BACKCROSSING
(92)
ARKOSIC
(92 = 42 + 50)
SOAKING
(92 = 42 + 50)
BACKCROSSING
(92)
ARKOSIC
(92 = 42 + 50)
BARKING
(92 = 42 + 50)
BACKCROSSING
(92)
ROCKING
(92 = 42 + 50)
SCORIAC
(92 = 42 + 50)
ARKOSIC
(92 = 42 + 50)
RACKING
(92 = 42 + 50)
SCORIAC
(92 = 42 + 50)
ARKOSIC
(92 = 42 + 50)
ARKOSIC
(92 = 42 + 50)
ARKOSIC
(92 = 42 + 50)
BROKING
(92 = 42 + 50)
BACKCROSSING
(92)
BRACING
(92 = 42 + 50)
COAKING
(92 = 42 + 50)
CORKING
(92 = 42 + 50)
CARBONS
(92 = 42 + 50)

backcrossing in Words With Friends™

The word backcrossing is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 28

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters backcrossing:

BACKCROSSING
(360)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (41 words)

agnosic, arkosic, backing, barking, basking, bonsais, boracic, borings, bossing, bracing, braking, brogans, broking, caisson, carbons, carsick, casings, casinos, cassock, coaking, cocking, cognacs, corking, cosigns, isobars, organic, racking, rocking, sabinos, sacking, scaring, scoriac, scorias, scoring, sickbag, signora, signors, soaking, soaring, socking, sringas

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word backcrossing

BACKCROSSING
(360)
BACKCROSSING
(342)
BACKCROSSING
(288)
BACKCROSSING
(288)
BACKCROSSING
(264)
BACKCROSSING
(228)
BACKCROSSING
(136)
BACKCROSSING
(128)
BACKCROSSING
(128)
BACKCROSSING
(116)
BACKCROSSING
(112)
BACKCROSSING
(112)
BACKCROSSING
(112)
BACKCROSSING
(112)
BACKCROSSING
(80)
BACKCROSSING
(80)
BACKCROSSING
(76)
BACKCROSSING
(76)
BACKCROSSING
(64)
BACKCROSSING
(64)
BACKCROSSING
(42)
BACKCROSSING
(39)
BACKCROSSING
(38)
BACKCROSSING
(36)
BACKCROSSING
(36)
BACKCROSSING
(35)
BACKCROSSING
(35)
BACKCROSSING
(34)
BACKCROSSING
(34)
BACKCROSSING
(34)
BACKCROSSING
(33)
BACKCROSSING
(32)

The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In backcrossing

BACKCROSSING
(360)
BACKCROSSING
(342)
BACKCROSSING
(288)
BACKCROSSING
(288)
BACKCROSSING
(264)
BACKCROSSING
(228)
COCKING
(143 = 108 + 35)
BACKING
(143 = 108 + 35)
BACKING
(137 = 102 + 35)
COCKING
(137 = 102 + 35)
BACKCROSSING
(136)
SICKBAG
(134 = 99 + 35)
COCKING
(131 = 96 + 35)
BORACIC
(131 = 96 + 35)
BACKING
(131 = 96 + 35)
BROKING
(128 = 93 + 35)
SICKBAG
(128 = 93 + 35)
SICKBAG
(128 = 93 + 35)
SACKING
(128 = 93 + 35)
BASKING
(128 = 93 + 35)
ROCKING
(128 = 93 + 35)
COAKING
(128 = 93 + 35)
BACKCROSSING
(128)
CORKING
(128 = 93 + 35)
BARKING
(128 = 93 + 35)
BACKCROSSING
(128)
SOCKING
(128 = 93 + 35)
RACKING
(128 = 93 + 35)
BRAKING
(128 = 93 + 35)
COCKING
(125 = 90 + 35)
BACKING
(125 = 90 + 35)
COCKING
(125 = 90 + 35)
BACKING
(125 = 90 + 35)
COGNACS
(125 = 90 + 35)
CARSICK
(122 = 87 + 35)
BROKING
(122 = 87 + 35)
BASKING
(122 = 87 + 35)
CASSOCK
(122 = 87 + 35)
SICKBAG
(122 = 87 + 35)
RACKING
(122 = 87 + 35)
BARKING
(122 = 87 + 35)
COAKING
(122 = 87 + 35)
SOCKING
(122 = 87 + 35)
CORKING
(122 = 87 + 35)
SACKING
(122 = 87 + 35)
SICKBAG
(122 = 87 + 35)
BRAKING
(122 = 87 + 35)
ROCKING
(122 = 87 + 35)
SICKBAG
(122 = 87 + 35)
BACKING
(119 = 84 + 35)
COCKING
(119 = 84 + 35)
COGNACS
(119 = 84 + 35)
SOAKING
(119 = 84 + 35)
BRACING
(119 = 84 + 35)
BACKING
(119 = 84 + 35)
COCKING
(119 = 84 + 35)
BROKING
(116 = 81 + 35)
BASKING
(116 = 81 + 35)
CORKING
(116 = 81 + 35)
ROCKING
(116 = 81 + 35)
CORKING
(116 = 81 + 35)
BARKING
(116 = 81 + 35)
BARKING
(116 = 81 + 35)
ROCKING
(116 = 81 + 35)
SACKING
(116 = 81 + 35)
BROKING
(116 = 81 + 35)
SOCKING
(116 = 81 + 35)
BROKING
(116 = 81 + 35)
SACKING
(116 = 81 + 35)
COAKING
(116 = 81 + 35)
COAKING
(116 = 81 + 35)
COAKING
(116 = 81 + 35)
CASSOCK
(116 = 81 + 35)
SOCKING
(116 = 81 + 35)
ROCKING
(116 = 81 + 35)
CARSICK
(116 = 81 + 35)
CARSICK
(116 = 81 + 35)
RACKING
(116 = 81 + 35)
BARKING
(116 = 81 + 35)
SACKING
(116 = 81 + 35)
CARSICK
(116 = 81 + 35)
BACKCROSSING
(116)
RACKING
(116 = 81 + 35)
BRAKING
(116 = 81 + 35)
BASKING
(116 = 81 + 35)
CORKING
(116 = 81 + 35)
BASKING
(116 = 81 + 35)
BRAKING
(116 = 81 + 35)
SOCKING
(116 = 81 + 35)
CASSOCK
(116 = 81 + 35)
CASSOCK
(116 = 81 + 35)
RACKING
(116 = 81 + 35)
BRAKING
(116 = 81 + 35)
BACKING
(115 = 80 + 35)
COCKING
(115 = 80 + 35)
BACKING
(115 = 80 + 35)
COCKING
(115 = 80 + 35)
COCKING
(115 = 80 + 35)
BACKING
(115 = 80 + 35)
CARBONS
(113 = 78 + 35)
ARKOSIC
(113 = 78 + 35)
BRACING
(113 = 78 + 35)
SOAKING
(113 = 78 + 35)
COCKING
(113 = 78 + 35)
BORACIC
(113 = 78 + 35)
BACKING
(113 = 78 + 35)
BRACING
(113 = 78 + 35)
BACKCROSSING
(112)
BACKCROSSING
(112)
BACKCROSSING
(112)
BACKCROSSING
(112)
SICKBAG
(111 = 76 + 35)
SICKBAG
(111 = 76 + 35)
SICKBAG
(111 = 76 + 35)
CORKING
(110 = 75 + 35)
COAKING
(110 = 75 + 35)
SOCKING
(110 = 75 + 35)
CARSICK
(110 = 75 + 35)
BASKING
(110 = 75 + 35)
COAKING
(110 = 75 + 35)
ORGANIC
(110 = 75 + 35)
CASSOCK
(110 = 75 + 35)
CARSICK
(110 = 75 + 35)
SACKING
(110 = 75 + 35)
BRAKING
(110 = 75 + 35)
BARKING
(110 = 75 + 35)
BRAKING
(110 = 75 + 35)
RACKING
(110 = 75 + 35)
BASKING
(110 = 75 + 35)
BROKING
(110 = 75 + 35)
BROKING
(110 = 75 + 35)
SICKBAG
(110 = 75 + 35)
CASSOCK
(110 = 75 + 35)
ROCKING
(110 = 75 + 35)
BARKING
(110 = 75 + 35)
CORKING
(110 = 75 + 35)
BRACING
(107 = 72 + 35)
SOAKING
(107 = 72 + 35)
COGNACS
(107 = 72 + 35)
CARBONS
(107 = 72 + 35)
CARBONS
(107 = 72 + 35)
BRACING
(107 = 72 + 35)
BRACING
(107 = 72 + 35)
COCKING
(107 = 72 + 35)
BRACING
(107 = 72 + 35)
COGNACS
(107 = 72 + 35)
BORACIC
(107 = 72 + 35)
BACKING
(107 = 72 + 35)
BORACIC
(107 = 72 + 35)
ARKOSIC
(107 = 72 + 35)
SOAKING
(107 = 72 + 35)
SCORIAC
(104 = 69 + 35)
CORKING
(104 = 69 + 35)
SOCKING
(104 = 69 + 35)
BRAKING
(104 = 69 + 35)
COSIGNS
(104 = 69 + 35)
SCORIAC
(104 = 69 + 35)
ROCKING
(104 = 69 + 35)
BASKING
(104 = 69 + 35)
SCARING
(104 = 69 + 35)
BROGANS
(104 = 69 + 35)
BOSSING
(104 = 69 + 35)
BORINGS
(104 = 69 + 35)
BROGANS
(104 = 69 + 35)
BARKING
(104 = 69 + 35)
BONSAIS
(104 = 69 + 35)
CASINGS
(104 = 69 + 35)
RACKING
(104 = 69 + 35)
SCORING
(104 = 69 + 35)
BROKING
(104 = 69 + 35)
SACKING
(104 = 69 + 35)
AGNOSIC
(104 = 69 + 35)
COAKING
(104 = 69 + 35)
CASSOCK
(103 = 68 + 35)
CORKING
(103 = 68 + 35)
BARKING
(103 = 68 + 35)
ROCKING
(103 = 68 + 35)
BRAKING
(103 = 68 + 35)
ROCKING
(103 = 68 + 35)
CARSICK
(103 = 68 + 35)
CASSOCK
(103 = 68 + 35)
BASKING
(103 = 68 + 35)
COAKING
(103 = 68 + 35)
SACKING
(103 = 68 + 35)
BROKING
(103 = 68 + 35)
CARSICK
(103 = 68 + 35)
SOCKING
(103 = 68 + 35)
RACKING
(103 = 68 + 35)
BARKING
(103 = 68 + 35)
SACKING
(103 = 68 + 35)
COAKING
(103 = 68 + 35)
BRAKING
(103 = 68 + 35)
ROCKING
(103 = 68 + 35)
SOCKING
(103 = 68 + 35)
SOCKING
(103 = 68 + 35)
CORKING
(103 = 68 + 35)
CASSOCK
(103 = 68 + 35)
RACKING
(103 = 68 + 35)
COAKING
(103 = 68 + 35)
RACKING
(103 = 68 + 35)

Words within the letters of backcrossing

2 letter words in backcrossing (14 words)

9 letter words in backcrossing (2 words)

12 letter words in backcrossing (1 word)

Words containing the sequence backcrossing

Words that start with backcrossing (1 word)

Words with backcrossing in them (1 word)

Words that end with backcrossing (1 word)

Word Growth involving backcrossing

Shorter words in backcrossing

back backcross

os cross backcross

os cross crossing

in sin sing crossing

Longer words containing backcrossing

(No longer words found)