touchback

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
22
Words With Friends
25
Letters
9

Definition of touchback

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. The result of a play (usually a kickoff or punt) in which the ball passes out the back of the end zone or a team otherwise gains possession of the ball in their own end zone.
    “The ball sailed into the end zone for a touchback and the Eagles had possession on the 20-yard line. https://web.archive.org/web/20060111202354/http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/gameday/postGameArchive.jsp?id=16746”

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Etymology

Presumably: touchdown + back

Words you can make from touchback

116 playable · top: CHABOUK (18 pts)

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7-letter words

4 words

6-letter words

2 words

5-letter words

18 words

4-letter words

40 words

3-letter words

37 words

2-letter words

14 words

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

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