Is BACKUP valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts BACKUP, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is BACKUP worth?

BACKUP is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to BACKUP?

BACKUP takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.

BACKUP is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points

Yes. BACKUP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.

b3a1c3k5u1p3

PlayableBACKUP · 6 letters · 16 pts Scrabble · 20 pts WWF

16points in Scrabble

20points in Words with Friends

6letters

1hook available

1 in 4,139 thousandodds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept BACKUP?

Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand	Valid
Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand	Valid
Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries	Valid
Words with FriendsZynga word list	Valid

Word power: 35 / 100

35WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

2.67

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

3.33%

Our own measure of how useful BACKUP is to know. It scores 16 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for BACKUP

Front hooks — 0

None.

Back hooks — 1

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Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How BACKUP scores

Scrabble b3a1c3k5u1p3 16

Words with Friends b4a1c4k5u2p4 20

Face value of the 6 tiles in BACKUP, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
b	1	2
a	1	9
c	1	2
k	1	1
u	1	4
p	1	2

Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,139 thousand.

Words starting with BACKUP

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1 longer words begin with BACKUP.

Shorter words from the letters in BACKUP

pucka13 back12 buck12 pack12 puck12 bauk10 cauk10 kapu10 puka10 bapu8 caup8 ack9 kab9 pak9 auk7 bac7 bap7 cab7 cap7 cub7 cup7 pac7 pub7 ka6 ab4 ba4 pa4 up4

Common questions about BACKUP

Is BACKUP valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts BACKUP, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is BACKUP worth?: BACKUP is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
What letters can be added to BACKUP?: BACKUP takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.

Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BACKUP:

Open BACKUP in the Word Finder