Definition of backwardness

"backwardness" in the noun sense

1. retardation, mental retardation, backwardness, slowness, subnormality

lack of normal development of intellectual capacities

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backwardness in Scrabble®

The word backwardness 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 backwardness:

BACKWARDNESS
(270)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (44 words)

abasers, abrades, abrased, abrases, ancress, answers, arcades, ascends, awakens, backend, backers, backsaw, badness, bankers, bracken, branked, brassed, canards, cankers, cranked, dancers, darkens, debarks, decarbs, ransack, rawness, rebacks, resands, rescans, sackers, sandbar, sanders, sawback, scarabs, seabank, seaward, snacked, snarked, swanked, swanker, wanders, wardens, weasand, wracked

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word backwardness

BACKWARDNESS
(270)
BACKWARDNESS
(252)
BACKWARDNESS
(180)
BACKWARDNESS
(168)
BACKWARDNESS
(116)
BACKWARDNESS
(116)
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(116)
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(108)
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(100)
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(100)
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(96)
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(96)
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(96)
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(96)
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(84)
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(78)
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(76)
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(68)
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(64)
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(60)
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(56)
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(56)
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(52)
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(52)
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(40)
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(40)
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(34)
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(33)
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(31)
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(30)
BACKWARDNESS
(29)
BACKWARDNESS
(29)

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

BACKWARDNESS
(270)
BACKWARDNESS
(252)
BACKWARDNESS
(180)
BACKWARDNESS
(168)
BACKSAW
(122 = 72 + 50)
SAWBACK
(122 = 72 + 50)
BACKSAW
(119 = 69 + 50)
BACKSAW
(119 = 69 + 50)
SAWBACK
(119 = 69 + 50)
WRACKED
(118 = 68 + 50)
BACKWARDNESS
(116)
BACKWARDNESS
(116)
BACKWARDNESS
(116)
BACKSAW
(116 = 66 + 50)
SAWBACK
(116 = 66 + 50)
WRACKED
(116 = 66 + 50)
BACKEND
(114 = 64 + 50)
SAWBACK
(113 = 63 + 50)
BACKSAW
(113 = 63 + 50)
WRACKED
(113 = 63 + 50)
BACKSAW
(113 = 63 + 50)
BACKEND
(113 = 63 + 50)
SAWBACK
(113 = 63 + 50)
SAWBACK
(113 = 63 + 50)
BACKEND
(113 = 63 + 50)
SWANKED
(110 = 60 + 50)
WRACKED
(110 = 60 + 50)
SWANKED
(110 = 60 + 50)
BACKERS
(110 = 60 + 50)
REBACKS
(110 = 60 + 50)
BACKERS
(110 = 60 + 50)
BACKERS
(110 = 60 + 50)
BRACKEN
(110 = 60 + 50)
REBACKS
(110 = 60 + 50)
BRACKEN
(110 = 60 + 50)
WRACKED
(110 = 60 + 50)
BACKWARDNESS
(108)
SWANKER
(107 = 57 + 50)
SNACKED
(107 = 57 + 50)
SAWBACK
(107 = 57 + 50)
AWAKENS
(107 = 57 + 50)
BRANKED
(107 = 57 + 50)
CRANKED
(107 = 57 + 50)
SAWBACK
(107 = 57 + 50)
WRACKED
(107 = 57 + 50)
BACKSAW
(107 = 57 + 50)
BACKEND
(107 = 57 + 50)
BACKSAW
(107 = 57 + 50)
SAWBACK
(107 = 57 + 50)
DEBARKS
(107 = 57 + 50)
AWAKENS
(107 = 57 + 50)
BACKSAW
(107 = 57 + 50)
SWANKED
(107 = 57 + 50)
BACKEND
(107 = 57 + 50)
SWANKER
(106 = 56 + 50)
BRANKED
(106 = 56 + 50)
SNACKED
(106 = 56 + 50)
AWAKENS
(106 = 56 + 50)
CRANKED
(106 = 56 + 50)
DEBARKS
(106 = 56 + 50)
BACKERS
(104 = 54 + 50)
SAWBACK
(104 = 54 + 50)
BANKERS
(104 = 54 + 50)
CANKERS
(104 = 54 + 50)
BACKERS
(104 = 54 + 50)
REBACKS
(104 = 54 + 50)
SWANKER
(104 = 54 + 50)
SACKERS
(104 = 54 + 50)
BRACKEN
(104 = 54 + 50)
WRACKED
(104 = 54 + 50)
BANKERS
(104 = 54 + 50)
WRACKED
(104 = 54 + 50)
REBACKS
(104 = 54 + 50)
WRACKED
(104 = 54 + 50)
WRACKED
(104 = 54 + 50)
BACKEND
(104 = 54 + 50)
CANKERS
(104 = 54 + 50)
BRACKEN
(104 = 54 + 50)
SEABANK
(104 = 54 + 50)
BACKSAW
(104 = 54 + 50)
SACKERS
(104 = 54 + 50)
RANSACK
(104 = 54 + 50)
BRACKEN
(104 = 54 + 50)
AWAKENS
(104 = 54 + 50)
SACKERS
(102 = 52 + 50)
SAWBACK
(102 = 52 + 50)
SEABANK
(102 = 52 + 50)
BANKERS
(102 = 52 + 50)
RANSACK
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CANKERS
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DARKENS
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DEBARKS
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SNARKED
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BACKEND
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SWANKED
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SNACKED
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BACKEND
(101 = 51 + 50)
SNACKED
(101 = 51 + 50)
WRACKED
(101 = 51 + 50)
BACKEND
(101 = 51 + 50)
DARKENS
(101 = 51 + 50)
BRANKED
(101 = 51 + 50)
CRANKED
(101 = 51 + 50)
BACKWARDNESS
(100)
BRACKEN
(100 = 50 + 50)
BACKWARDNESS
(100)
REBACKS
(100 = 50 + 50)
SWANKED
(100 = 50 + 50)
REBACKS
(98 = 48 + 50)
REBACKS
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CRANKED
(98 = 48 + 50)
BACKSAW
(98 = 48 + 50)
BACKERS
(98 = 48 + 50)
RANSACK
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SWANKED
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BACKERS
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BACKEND
(98 = 48 + 50)
SWANKED
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BACKSAW
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DEBARKS
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DARKENS
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SACKERS
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SWANKED
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WRACKED
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BACKERS
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REBACKS
(98 = 48 + 50)
REBACKS
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CANKERS
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BACKERS
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CRANKED
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SWANKER
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REBACKS
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SWANKED
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SWANKED
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BRANKED
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SEABANK
(98 = 48 + 50)
SAWBACK
(98 = 48 + 50)
BRACKEN
(98 = 48 + 50)
SEABANK
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BRACKEN
(98 = 48 + 50)
BANKERS
(98 = 48 + 50)
BRACKEN
(98 = 48 + 50)
DEBARKS
(98 = 48 + 50)
DECARBS
(98 = 48 + 50)
SNACKED
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SNARKED
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SNACKED
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SAWBACK
(98 = 48 + 50)
BRANKED
(98 = 48 + 50)
BRACKEN
(98 = 48 + 50)
SWANKED
(96 = 46 + 50)
SAWBACK
(96 = 46 + 50)
BACKWARDNESS
(96)
BACKWARDNESS
(96)
BACKSAW
(96 = 46 + 50)
SAWBACK
(96 = 46 + 50)
BACKWARDNESS
(96)
BACKWARDNESS
(96)
SAWBACK
(96 = 46 + 50)
SEAWARD
(95 = 45 + 50)
DEBARKS
(95 = 45 + 50)
BACKERS
(95 = 45 + 50)
CRANKED
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SWANKER
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DEBARKS
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AWAKENS
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DECARBS
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BRANKED
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SNACKED
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BRANKED
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CRANKED
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SWANKER
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SWANKER
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BRANKED
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SWANKER
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SWANKER
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DECARBS
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CRANKED
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SNACKED
(95 = 45 + 50)
SEAWARD
(95 = 45 + 50)
WEASAND
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SWANKED
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REBACKS
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AWAKENS
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AWAKENS
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AWAKENS
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BRACKEN
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DEBARKS
(95 = 45 + 50)
WANDERS
(95 = 45 + 50)
WARDENS
(95 = 45 + 50)
DEBARKS
(95 = 45 + 50)

backwardness in Words With Friends™

The word backwardness 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: 27

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

BACKWARDNESS
(351)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (44 words)

abasers, abrades, abrased, abrases, ancress, answers, arcades, ascends, awakens, backend, backers, backsaw, badness, bankers, bracken, branked, brassed, canards, cankers, cranked, dancers, darkens, debarks, decarbs, ransack, rawness, rebacks, resands, rescans, sackers, sandbar, sanders, sawback, scarabs, seabank, seaward, snacked, snarked, swanked, swanker, wanders, wardens, weasand, wracked

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word backwardness

BACKWARDNESS
(351)
BACKWARDNESS
(333)
BACKWARDNESS
(297)
BACKWARDNESS
(297)
BACKWARDNESS
(234)
BACKWARDNESS
(234)
BACKWARDNESS
(128)
BACKWARDNESS
(124)
BACKWARDNESS
(116)
BACKWARDNESS
(112)
BACKWARDNESS
(108)
BACKWARDNESS
(108)
BACKWARDNESS
(108)
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(108)
BACKWARDNESS
(82)
BACKWARDNESS
(78)
BACKWARDNESS
(74)
BACKWARDNESS
(74)
BACKWARDNESS
(62)
BACKWARDNESS
(62)
BACKWARDNESS
(40)
BACKWARDNESS
(37)
BACKWARDNESS
(37)
BACKWARDNESS
(34)
BACKWARDNESS
(34)
BACKWARDNESS
(34)
BACKWARDNESS
(33)
BACKWARDNESS
(33)
BACKWARDNESS
(33)
BACKWARDNESS
(32)
BACKWARDNESS
(32)
BACKWARDNESS
(31)

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

BACKWARDNESS
(351)
BACKWARDNESS
(333)
BACKWARDNESS
(297)
BACKWARDNESS
(297)
BACKWARDNESS
(234)
BACKWARDNESS
(234)
SAWBACK
(143 = 108 + 35)
BACKSAW
(143 = 108 + 35)
BACKEND
(140 = 105 + 35)
BACKERS
(134 = 99 + 35)
AWAKENS
(134 = 99 + 35)
BACKEND
(134 = 99 + 35)
BACKSAW
(131 = 96 + 35)
BRACKEN
(131 = 96 + 35)
WRACKED
(131 = 96 + 35)
SAWBACK
(131 = 96 + 35)
BACKSAW
(131 = 96 + 35)
BACKEND
(128 = 93 + 35)
BACKWARDNESS
(128)
SWANKED
(125 = 90 + 35)
BACKSAW
(125 = 90 + 35)
CRANKED
(125 = 90 + 35)
BACKSAW
(125 = 90 + 35)
BACKSAW
(125 = 90 + 35)
BRANKED
(125 = 90 + 35)
SNACKED
(125 = 90 + 35)
SAWBACK
(125 = 90 + 35)
SAWBACK
(125 = 90 + 35)
SAWBACK
(125 = 90 + 35)
BACKWARDNESS
(124)
REBACKS
(122 = 87 + 35)
AWAKENS
(122 = 87 + 35)
BACKEND
(122 = 87 + 35)
BACKERS
(122 = 87 + 35)
BACKEND
(122 = 87 + 35)
BACKERS
(122 = 87 + 35)
WRACKED
(119 = 84 + 35)
SAWBACK
(119 = 84 + 35)
BRACKEN
(119 = 84 + 35)
WRACKED
(119 = 84 + 35)
SAWBACK
(119 = 84 + 35)
WRACKED
(119 = 84 + 35)
SWANKED
(119 = 84 + 35)
SAWBACK
(119 = 84 + 35)
BRACKEN
(119 = 84 + 35)
BACKSAW
(119 = 84 + 35)
BRACKEN
(119 = 84 + 35)
SNACKED
(119 = 84 + 35)
BACKSAW
(119 = 84 + 35)
CANKERS
(116 = 81 + 35)
CANKERS
(116 = 81 + 35)
SWANKER
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SWANKER
(116 = 81 + 35)
SEABANK
(116 = 81 + 35)
SEABANK
(116 = 81 + 35)
CANKERS
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SNARKED
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REBACKS
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DEBARKS
(116 = 81 + 35)
RANSACK
(116 = 81 + 35)
BACKWARDNESS
(116)
BACKERS
(116 = 81 + 35)
REBACKS
(116 = 81 + 35)
REBACKS
(116 = 81 + 35)
BACKERS
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DEBARKS
(116 = 81 + 35)
DARKENS
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BACKEND
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BANKERS
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BANKERS
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BANKERS
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BACKSAW
(115 = 80 + 35)
SAWBACK
(115 = 80 + 35)
SAWBACK
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SAWBACK
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BACKSAW
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BACKSAW
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WRACKED
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WRACKED
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SNACKED
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WRACKED
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BRACKEN
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CRANKED
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DECARBS
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BRACKEN
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SACKERS
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SACKERS
(113 = 78 + 35)
BRANKED
(113 = 78 + 35)
BACKWARDNESS
(112)
BACKEND
(111 = 76 + 35)
BACKEND
(111 = 76 + 35)
BACKEND
(111 = 76 + 35)
BACKERS
(110 = 75 + 35)
RANSACK
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SEABANK
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DEBARKS
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RANSACK
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BANKERS
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AWAKENS
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CANKERS
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CANKERS
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AWAKENS
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BANKERS
(110 = 75 + 35)
SEABANK
(110 = 75 + 35)
BACKEND
(110 = 75 + 35)
BACKWARDNESS
(108)
BACKWARDNESS
(108)
BACKWARDNESS
(108)
BACKWARDNESS
(108)
BRACKEN
(107 = 72 + 35)
SACKERS
(107 = 72 + 35)
WRACKED
(107 = 72 + 35)
SACKERS
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BRACKEN
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SACKERS
(107 = 72 + 35)
BADNESS
(107 = 72 + 35)
WANDERS
(107 = 72 + 35)
BRACKEN
(107 = 72 + 35)
WRACKED
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SWANKED
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CANARDS
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SNACKED
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BRANKED
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BACKEND
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AWAKENS
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SCARABS
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DARKENS
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RESCANS
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RANSACK
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SEABANK
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ANSWERS
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SCARABS
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SWANKER
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BACKERS
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BACKERS
(103 = 68 + 35)
REBACKS
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BACKERS
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REBACKS
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REBACKS
(103 = 68 + 35)
SAWBACK
(101 = 66 + 35)
BRANKED
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BACKSAW
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SWANKED
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BRANKED
(101 = 66 + 35)
ASCENDS
(101 = 66 + 35)
CRANKED
(101 = 66 + 35)
DANCERS
(101 = 66 + 35)
WRACKED
(101 = 66 + 35)
BACKSAW
(101 = 66 + 35)
DECARBS
(101 = 66 + 35)
DANCERS
(101 = 66 + 35)
CRANKED
(101 = 66 + 35)
WEASAND
(101 = 66 + 35)
BRACKEN
(101 = 66 + 35)
SAWBACK
(101 = 66 + 35)
SANDBAR
(101 = 66 + 35)
WARDENS
(101 = 66 + 35)
BRANKED
(99 = 64 + 35)
SNACKED
(99 = 64 + 35)
SWANKED
(99 = 64 + 35)
CRANKED
(99 = 64 + 35)
BACKED
(99)
CRANKED
(99 = 64 + 35)
BRANKED
(99 = 64 + 35)
SWANKED
(99 = 64 + 35)
SWANKED
(99 = 64 + 35)
CRANKED
(99 = 64 + 35)
BRANKED
(99 = 64 + 35)
SNACKED
(99 = 64 + 35)
SNACKED
(99 = 64 + 35)
RAWNESS
(98 = 63 + 35)
SCARABS
(98 = 63 + 35)
RANSACK
(98 = 63 + 35)
ABRADES
(98 = 63 + 35)
SWANKER
(98 = 63 + 35)
ANCRESS
(98 = 63 + 35)
ANSWERS
(98 = 63 + 35)
BACKERS
(98 = 63 + 35)
REBACKS
(98 = 63 + 35)
SCARABS
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ABRASED
(98 = 63 + 35)
SEAWARD
(98 = 63 + 35)
ARCADES
(98 = 63 + 35)
SEAWARD
(98 = 63 + 35)
RESCANS
(98 = 63 + 35)
BRASSED
(98 = 63 + 35)
BACKEND
(98 = 63 + 35)
WAKENS
(96)
BACKER
(96)

Words within the letters of backwardness

2 letter words in backwardness (10 words)

9 letter words in backwardness (5 words)

10 letter words in backwardness (1 word)

11 letter words in backwardness (1 word)

12 letter words in backwardness (1 word)

Words containing the sequence backwardness

Words that start with backwardness (1 word)

Words with backwardness in them (1 word)

Words that end with backwardness (1 word)

Word Growth involving backwardness

Shorter words in backwardness

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Longer words containing backwardness

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