Definition of backgrounding

"backgrounding" in the noun sense

1. background processing, backgrounding

the execution of low priority programs while higher priority programs are not using the processing system

"backgrounding" in the verb sense

1. background, play down, downplay

understate the importance or quality of

"he played down his royal ancestry"

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backgrounding in Scrabble®

The word backgrounding 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: 24

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters backgrounding:

BACKGROUNDING
(270)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (68 words)

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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word backgrounding

BACKGROUNDING
(270)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In backgrounding

BACKGROUNDING
(270)
BACKGROUNDING
(243)
BACKGROUNDING
(180)
BACKGROUNDING
(162)
BACKGROUNDING
(120)
BACKING
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BACKING
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BUCKING
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BACKGROUNDING
(112)
BANNOCK
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DOCKING
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DUCKING
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DUCKING
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BACKGROUNDING
(108)
BACKGROUNDING
(108)
ROCKING
(107 = 57 + 50)
DUNNOCK
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CONKING
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BANKING
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NOCKING
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BONKING
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BONKING
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NOCKING
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BRAKING
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CORKING
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NOCKING
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CORKING
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RACKING
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ROCKING
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BONKING
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BARKING
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COAKING
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DUNNOCK
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BROKING
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BANNOCK
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BACKING
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COAKING
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NOCKING
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BACKGROUNDING
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BRAKING
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BANKING
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backgrounding in Words With Friends™

The word backgrounding 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: 31

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

BACKGROUNDING
(351)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (68 words)

aboding, adoring, aground, andiron, arguing, backing, badging, banding, banging, banking, bannock, barging, barking, bonding, bonking, bracing, braking, broking, bucking, budging, bunging, burning, carding, caribou, coaking, condign, conking, cording, corking, corning, craning, curbing, dancing, darning, daubing, docking, dorking, droning, ducking, dunging, dunking, dunnock, garbing, gauding, goading, gracing, grading, gurning, inboard, inbound, nocking, nonacid, nondrug, nudging, organic, racking, ranging, ranking, roaning, rocking, roguing, rubicon, runback, unaging, unboard, unbraid, undoing, unicorn

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word backgrounding

BACKGROUNDING
(351)
BACKGROUNDING
(333)
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BACKGROUNDING
(270)
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(222)
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(38)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In backgrounding

BACKGROUNDING
(351)
BACKGROUNDING
(333)
BACKGROUNDING
(333)
BACKGROUNDING
(270)
BACKGROUNDING
(222)
BACKGROUNDING
(164)
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(152)
BUCKING
(146 = 111 + 35)
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(144)
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BACKING
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BACKGROUNDING
(136)
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UNICORN
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NONACID
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CURBING
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RUNBACK
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UNBRAID
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Words within the letters of backgrounding

2 letter words in backgrounding (15 words)

9 letter words in backgrounding (7 words)

10 letter words in backgrounding (2 words)

13 letter words in backgrounding (1 word)

Words containing the sequence backgrounding

Words that start with backgrounding (1 word)

Words with backgrounding in them (1 word)

Words that end with backgrounding (1 word)

Word Growth involving backgrounding

Shorter words in backgrounding

back background

un round ground background

un round ground grounding

in din ding rounding grounding

un round rounding grounding

Longer words containing backgrounding

(No longer words found)