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
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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”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Presumably: touchdown + back
Words you can make from touchback
116 playable · top: CHABOUK (18 pts)
Best play chabouk 18 points7-letter words
4 words6-letter words
2 words5-letter words
18 words4-letter words
40 words- HACK 13 pts
- HOCK 13 pts
- HUCK 13 pts
- BACK 12 pts
- BOCK 12 pts
- BUCK 12 pts
- COCK 12 pts
- CUCK 12 pts
- BACH 11 pts
- CHOC 11 pts
- CHUB 11 pts
- HAKU 11 pts
- KHAT 11 pts
- TACK 10 pts
- TOCK 10 pts
- TUCK 10 pts
- BAHT 9 pts
- BATH 9 pts
- BHUT 9 pts
- BOTH 9 pts
- CATH 9 pts
- CHAO 9 pts
- CHAT 9 pts
- HABU 9 pts
- OUCH 9 pts
- TACH 9 pts
- COCA 8 pts
- HAUT 7 pts
- OATH 7 pts
- THOU 7 pts
- ABUT 6 pts
- BOAT 6 pts
- BOTA 6 pts
- BOUT 6 pts
- COAT 6 pts
- TABU 6 pts
- TACO 6 pts
- TUBA 6 pts
- AUTO 4 pts
- OUTA 4 pts
3-letter words
37 words- ACK 9 pts
- KAB 9 pts
- KOB 9 pts
- BAH 8 pts
- HOB 8 pts
- HUB 8 pts
- OCH 8 pts
- AUK 7 pts
- CAB 7 pts
- COB 7 pts
- CUB 7 pts
- KAT 7 pts
- KOA 7 pts
- OAK 7 pts
- OKA 7 pts
- HAO 6 pts
- HAT 6 pts
- HOT 6 pts
- HUT 6 pts
- THO 6 pts
- ACT 5 pts
- BAT 5 pts
- BOA 5 pts
- BOT 5 pts
- BUT 5 pts
- CAT 5 pts
- COT 5 pts
- CUT 5 pts
- OBA 5 pts
- OCA 5 pts
- TAB 5 pts
- TUB 5 pts
- OAT 3 pts
- OUT 3 pts
- TAO 3 pts
- TAU 3 pts
- UTA 3 pts
2-letter words
14 wordsHooks
1 extension · 1 back
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