backwood
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 20
- Words With Friends
- 22
- Letters
- 8
/ˈbækˌwʊd/
Definition of backwood
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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(not-comparable)Native to or located in a remote rural location.
“The house itself, although far more spacious and comfortable than the majority of backwood farmhouses, was built in the usual fashion, of solid logs, and was evidently designed to resist attack.”
“Despite the court victory, Archer resigned as deputy chairman and rehabilitated himself by working as a party stalwart in backwood constituencies.”
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adj
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(not-comparable)Native to or located in a remote rural location.
“The house itself, although far more spacious and comfortable than the majority of backwood farmhouses, was built in the usual fashion, of solid logs, and was evidently designed to resist attack.”
“Despite the court victory, Archer resigned as deputy chairman and rehabilitated himself by working as a party stalwart in backwood constituencies.”
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(not-comparable)Rustic, unsophisticated, countrified.
“Here, after supper, most of the company stretched themselves in backwood style, before the fire; but Washington was shown into a bedroom.”
“"That's what you mean, dandy boy — for you're only a dandy boy, you know, and they don't get married to backwood Southern girls."”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From back + wood; compare backwater.
Words you can make from backwood
59 playable · top: WACKO (14 pts)
Best play wacko 14 points5-letter words
1 word4-letter words
14 words3-letter words
31 words- WOK 10 pts
- ACK 9 pts
- KAB 9 pts
- KOB 9 pts
- BOW 8 pts
- CAW 8 pts
- COW 8 pts
- DAK 8 pts
- WAB 8 pts
- CAB 7 pts
- COB 7 pts
- DAW 7 pts
- DOW 7 pts
- KOA 7 pts
- OAK 7 pts
- OKA 7 pts
- WAD 7 pts
- BAD 6 pts
- BOD 6 pts
- CAD 6 pts
- COD 6 pts
- DAB 6 pts
- DOC 6 pts
- WOO 6 pts
- BOA 5 pts
- BOO 5 pts
- COO 5 pts
- OBA 5 pts
- OCA 5 pts
- ADO 4 pts
- ODA 4 pts
2-letter words
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