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What does backbiting mean? Is backbiting a Scrabble word?

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Is backbiting a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word backbiting is a Scrabble US word. The word backbiting is worth 21 points in Scrabble:

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Is backbiting a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word backbiting is a Scrabble UK word and has 21 points:

B3A1C3K5B3I1T1I1N1G2

Is backbiting a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word backbiting is a Words With Friends word. The word backbiting is worth 26 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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10-letter words (1 found)

BACKBITING,

8-letter words (1 found)

BATIKING,

7-letter words (7 found)

BACKBIT,BACKING,BAITING,CABBING,TABBING,TACKING,TICKING,

6-letter words (15 found)

ACTING,ANTICK,BAKING,BANKIT,BATING,BIKING,BITING,CAKING,CATKIN,CITING,KAINIT,KITBAG,KITING,TAKING,TICING,

5-letter words (19 found)

ACING,ACINI,ACTIN,AKING,ANTIC,ATIGI,BATIK,BINIT,CABIN,GIANT,ICING,KAING,KIANG,KIBBI,NGATI,NIKAB,TAKIN,TANGI,TIBIA,

4-letter words (52 found)

AGIN,AKIN,ANTI,BACK,BAIT,BANC,BANG,BANI,BANK,BANT,BIGA,BING,BINK,BINT,CAIN,CANG,CANT,GAIN,GAIT,GANT,GINK,GNAT,IKAN,IKAT,INIA,INTI,KAIN,KANG,KANT,KATI,KINA,KING,KNAG,KNIT,NABK,NAIK,NGAI,NICK,TABI,TACK,TAIG,TAIN,TAKI,TANG,TANK,TIAN,TICK,TIKA,TIKI,TINA,TING,TINK,

3-letter words (50 found)

ABB,ACT,AIN,AIT,ANI,ANT,BAC,BAG,BAN,BAT,BIB,BIG,BIN,BIT,CAB,CAG,CAN,CAT,CIG,CIT,GAB,GAK,GAN,GAT,GIB,GIN,GIT,ICK,ING,INK,ITA,KAB,KAI,KAT,KIN,KIT,NAB,NAG,NAT,NIB,NIT,TAB,TAG,TAI,TAK,TAN,TIC,TIG,TIK,TIN,

2-letter words (15 found)

AB,AG,AI,AN,AT,BA,BI,GI,IN,IT,KA,KI,NA,TA,TI,

You can make 160 words from backbiting according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of backbiting

backbiting

Etymology 1

From Middle English bakbitynge, bacbiting, bacbitung, equivalent to backbite +‎ -ing.

Noun

backbiting (countable and uncountable, plural backbitings)

  1. The action of slandering a person without that person's knowledge.
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Etymology 2

From Middle English bakbytynge, equivalent to backbite +‎ -ing.

Adjective

backbiting (comparative more backbiting, superlative most backbiting)

  1. Slanderous or speaking badly, especially of a person without that person's knowledge.

Verb

backbiting

  1. present participle and gerund of backbite

Source: wiktionary.org