backbend
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 19
- Words With Friends
- 23
- Letters
- 8
Definition of backbend
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
-
A move in which the performer bends backwards until the hands touch the floor or catches him/herself with the hands.
“The gal's backbends, the father's hoofology, the boy's fast steps and the mother's taps all won solid mitting.”
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noun
-
A move in which the performer bends backwards until the hands touch the floor or catches him/herself with the hands.
“The gal's backbends, the father's hoofology, the boy's fast steps and the mother's taps all won solid mitting.”
verb
- To perform such a move.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From back + bend.
Words you can make from backbend
81 playable · top: BACKEND (16 pts)
Best play backend 16 points6-letter words
4 words5-letter words
10 words4-letter words
27 words- BACK 12 pts
- BECK 12 pts
- DECK 11 pts
- BAKE 10 pts
- BANK 10 pts
- BEAK 10 pts
- CAKE 10 pts
- NECK 10 pts
- DANK 9 pts
- ABBE 8 pts
- BABE 8 pts
- BANC 8 pts
- KANE 8 pts
- ABED 7 pts
- ACED 7 pts
- BADE 7 pts
- BAND 7 pts
- BEAD 7 pts
- BEND 7 pts
- CADE 7 pts
- DACE 7 pts
- ACNE 6 pts
- BANE 6 pts
- BEAN 6 pts
- CANE 6 pts
- NABE 6 pts
- DEAN 5 pts
3-letter words
26 words2-letter words
13 wordsHooks
1 extension · 1 back
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