Background
Yes, Background is a valid word.
What does BACKGROUND mean?
- noun
a person's social heritage: previous experience or training
“he is a lawyer with a sports background”
- noun
the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
“he posed her against a background of rolling hills”
- noun
information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem
“the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident”
- noun
extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured
“they got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
20
Scrabble
25
Words With Friends
10
Letters
Valid in
- Scrabble US (TWL)Valid
- Scrabble International (SOWPODS)Valid
- Words With FriendsValid
Hooks for BACKGROUND
Single letters that turn BACKGROUND into another valid word in Scrabble US (TWL). Hooks are how you play onto a word already on the board.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks1
Words you can make from BACKGROUND
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- burdock16
- runback15
- buckra14
- undock13
- brock13
- bucko13
- uncork12
- back12
- bock12
- buck12
- bonduc11
- kurgan11
- brank11
- bunko11
- burka11
- crank11
- croak11
- crunk11
- dock11
- duck11
- guck11
- candour10
- bandog10
- carbon10
- corban10
- dorbug10
- koruna10
- drank10
- drouk10
- drunk10
- bank10
- bark10
- bonk10
- bork10
- bunk10
- burk10
- cark10
- conk10
- cork10
- kbar10
- knob10
- nock10
- rack10
- rock10
- ruck10
- aground9
- abound9
- barong9
- brogan9
- candor9
- cardon9
- cougar9
- dacron9
- garcon9
- roband9
- bacon9
- banco9
- bronc9
- bunco9
- carbo9
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