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Yes. The word mossback is a Scrabble US word. The word mossback is worth 18 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word mossback is a Scrabble UK word and has 18 points:

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8-letter words (1 found)

MOSSBACK,

6-letter words (3 found)

SAMBOS,SMACKS,SMOCKS,

5-letter words (30 found)

AMBOS,AMOKS,ASKOS,BACKS,BASKS,BASSO,BOAKS,BOCKS,BOMAS,BOSKS,CAMOS,CASKS,COMAS,COMBS,MACKS,MAKOS,MASKS,MOCKS,MOSKS,SACKS,SAMBO,SCABS,SCAMS,SMACK,SMOCK,SOAKS,SOBAS,SOCAS,SOCKS,SOMAS,

4-letter words (63 found)

ABOS,AMBO,AMOK,ASKS,BACK,BACS,BAMS,BAOS,BASK,BASS,BOAK,BOAS,BOCK,BOKS,BOMA,BOSK,BOSS,CABS,CAMO,CAMS,CASK,COBS,COMA,COMB,COMS,COSS,KABS,KOAS,KOBS,KOSS,MACK,MACS,MAKO,MAKS,MASK,MASS,MOAS,MOBS,MOCK,MOCS,MOSK,MOSS,OAKS,OBAS,OCAS,OKAS,OMAS,OSSA,SABS,SACK,SACS,SAMS,SCAB,SCAM,SKAS,SOAK,SOBA,SOBS,SOCA,SOCK,SOCS,SOMA,SOMS,

3-letter words (44 found)

ABO,ABS,ASK,ASS,BAC,BAM,BAO,BAS,BOA,BOK,BOS,CAB,CAM,COB,COS,KAB,KAM,KAS,KOA,KOB,KOS,MAC,MAK,MAS,MOA,MOB,MOC,MOS,OAK,OBA,OBS,OCA,OKA,OMA,OMS,SAB,SAC,SAM,SKA,SMA,SOB,SOC,SOM,SOS,

2-letter words (14 found)

AB,AM,AS,BA,BO,KA,KO,MA,MO,OB,OK,OM,OS,SO,

You can make 155 words from mossback according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of mossback

mossback

Etymology

From moss +‎ back (in senses 1 (“person with old-fashioned views; one who is very conservative or reactionary”) and 2.3 (“fish that is large and old”) probably a variant of mossyback, which is attested earlier), alluding to someone or something that is so old or has remained so unmoving that it is as if moss has grown on them or it.

Sense 2.4 (“largemouth bass”) may refer to the back of the fish being a dark green colour.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɒsbæk/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɔsˌbæk/, /ˈmɑs-/
  • Hyphenation: moss‧back

Noun

mossback (plural mossbacks) (chiefly US)

  1. (informal) Synonym of mossyback (“a person with old-fashioned views; hence, one who is very conservative or reactionary”)
    Synonyms: conservative, reactionary, retrograde, traditionalist
  2. (informal, historical) A person who stayed hidden to evade conscription (especially by the Confederate States Army) during the American Civil War (1861–1865); a mossyback.
  3. Senses relating to animals.
    1. A turtle that, because of its age, has a growth of algae on its back
    2. A common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina).
    3. (fishing) Synonym of mossyback (“a fish that is large and old, especially one that has algae growing on its back”)
    4. A largemouth bass or moss bass (Micropterus salmoides).

Derived terms

  • mossbacked

Related terms

  • a rolling stone gathers no moss
  • mossyback
  • mossybacked

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Further reading

  • common snapping turtle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
    • Chelydra serpentina on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
    • Chelydra serpentina on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
  • largemouth bass on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
    • Micropterus salmoides on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
    • Micropterus salmoides on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

  • sambocks

Source: wiktionary.org