BACKSTORY is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. BACKSTORY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BACKSTORY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BACKSTORY is to know. It scores 20 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BACKSTORY
No single letter turns BACKSTORY into another word.
How BACKSTORY scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in BACKSTORY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BACKSTORY has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about BACKSTORY
- All 9 letters of BACKSTORY are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BACKSTORY mean in Scrabble?
noun
The history or background of a character or situation that leads up to the main story.
Writers invent a backstory to explain why a character behaves as they do, even when most of it never reaches the page. In journalism, a backstory means the events that produced the news.
How BACKSTORY is used
Used in film, fiction, gaming and news.
- The villain's tragic backstory is told in flashbacks.
- Each character in the game has a detailed backstory.
- The article gives the backstory behind the merger.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BACKSTORY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BACKSTORY
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Common questions about BACKSTORY
- Is BACKSTORY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BACKSTORY, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BACKSTORY worth?
- BACKSTORY is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BACKSTORY mean?
- The history or background of a character or situation that leads up to the main story.
- What letters can be added to BACKSTORY?
- No single letter can be added to BACKSTORY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of BACKSTORY:
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