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Is backset a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word backset is a Scrabble US word. The word backset is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

B3A1C3K5S1E1T1

Is backset a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word backset is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

B3A1C3K5S1E1T1

Is backset a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word backset is a Words With Friends word. The word backset is worth 17 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

B4A1C4K5S1E1T1

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7-letter words (3 found)

BACKETS,BACKSET,SETBACK,

6-letter words (3 found)

BACKET,BASKET,CASKET,

5-letter words (26 found)

ABETS,BACKS,BAKES,BASTE,BATES,BEAKS,BEAST,BEATS,BECKS,BESAT,BETAS,CAKES,CASTE,CATES,CESTA,KETAS,SCEAT,SKATE,STACK,STAKE,STEAK,TABES,TACES,TACKS,TAKES,TEAKS,

4-letter words (64 found)

ABET,ACES,ACTS,AESC,AKES,ATES,BACK,BACS,BAES,BAKE,BASE,BASK,BAST,BATE,BATS,BEAK,BEAT,BECK,BEST,BETA,BETS,CABS,CAKE,CASE,CASK,CAST,CATE,CATS,CEAS,EAST,EATS,ETAS,KABS,KAES,KATS,KEAS,KEBS,KEST,KETA,KETS,SABE,SACK,SAKE,SATE,SCAB,SCAT,SEAT,SECT,SEKT,SETA,SKAT,SKET,STAB,TABS,TACE,TACK,TAES,TAKE,TAKS,TASE,TASK,TEAK,TEAS,TECS,

3-letter words (42 found)

ABS,ACE,ACT,AKE,ASK,ATE,ATS,BAC,BAE,BAS,BAT,BES,BET,CAB,CAT,EAS,EAT,EST,ETA,KAB,KAE,KAS,KAT,KEA,KEB,KET,SAB,SAC,SAE,SAT,SEA,SEC,SET,SKA,TAB,TAE,TAK,TAS,TEA,TEC,TES,TSK,

2-letter words (13 found)

AB,AE,AS,AT,BA,BE,EA,ES,ET,KA,ST,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 152 words from backset according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of backset

backset

Etymology

back +‎ set

Noun

backset (plural backsets)

  1. A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.
  2. Whatever is thrown back in its course, such as water.

Verb

backset (third-person singular simple present backsets, present participle backsetting, simple past and past participle backset)

  1. (US, especially Western US) To plow again in the fall; said of prairie land broken up in the spring.

Further reading

  • “backset”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • backest, backets, set back, setback

Source: wiktionary.org