Back
Back is a valid word in word games.
- Tile score
- 12 points
- Letters
- 4
- Syllables
- 1
- How common
- Very common
Meaning of back
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nounThe posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine.
“his back was nicely tanned”
Similar: dorsum
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nounThe side that goes last or is not normally seen.
“he wrote the date on the back of the photograph”
Similar: rear
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nounThe part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer.
“he stood at the back of the stage”
Similar: rear
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verbBe behind; approve of.
“He plumped for the Labor Party”
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verbTravel backward.
“back into the driveway”
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verbGive support or one's approval to.
“I'll second that motion”
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adjectiveRelated to or located at the back.
“the back yard”
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adjectiveLocated at or near the back of an animal.
“back (or hind) legs”
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adjectiveOf an earlier date.
“back issues of the magazine”
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adverbIn or to or toward a former location.
“she went back to her parents' house”
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adverbAt or to or toward the back or rear.
“he moved back”
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adverbIn or to or toward an original condition.
“he went back to sleep”
Definitions from WordNet 3.0, Princeton University.
Anagrams of back
No other single word uses exactly these letters.
Words inside back
Words of three letters or more made from its letters, longest first.
- cab7
- kab9
Words that rhyme with back
- black
- track
- crack
- hack
- jack
- lack
- mac
- pack
- stack
- dak
- flak
- knack
- lac
- mack
- pac
- plaque
- quack
- rack
- sac
- sack
- shack
- slack
- smack
- snack
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