backdate
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 17
- Words With Friends
- 19
- Letters
- 8
/bækˈdeɪt/(UK)
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/bækˈdeɪt/(UK) · /ˈbæk.deɪt/(US)
Definition of backdate
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
- To give or assign a date to a document that is earlier than the current or true date.
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verb
- To give or assign a date to a document that is earlier than the current or true date.
noun
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An assigned date that is earlier than the current or true date.
“The backdates on the clearance forms made the little man's papers worthless […]”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From back + date.
Words you can make from backdate
83 playable · top: BACKED (15 pts)
Best play backed 15 points6-letter words
2 words5-letter words
9 words4-letter words
28 words- BACK 12 pts
- BECK 12 pts
- DECK 11 pts
- BAKE 10 pts
- BEAK 10 pts
- CAKE 10 pts
- TACK 10 pts
- KATA 8 pts
- KETA 8 pts
- TAKA 8 pts
- TAKE 8 pts
- TEAK 8 pts
- ABED 7 pts
- ACED 7 pts
- BADE 7 pts
- BEAD 7 pts
- CADE 7 pts
- DACE 7 pts
- DEBT 7 pts
- ABET 6 pts
- ACTA 6 pts
- BATE 6 pts
- BEAT 6 pts
- BETA 6 pts
- CATE 6 pts
- TACE 6 pts
- DATA 5 pts
- DATE 5 pts
3-letter words
29 words2-letter words
14 wordsHooks
2 extensions · 2 back
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