The word backslash is a valid scrabble word

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • backslash n. The punctuation mark \.
  • backslash n. (Computing, rare, proscribed) Used erroneously in reference to, or in reading out, the ordinary slash…
  • backslash v. (Computing, transitive) To escape (a metacharacter) by prepending a backslash that serves as an escape…

24 valid words from 3 definitions

AN AS BACKSLASH BY COMPUTING ERRONEOUSLY ESCAPE IN MARK OR ORDINARY OUT PROSCRIBED PUNCTUATION RARE READING REFERENCE SERVES SLASH THAT THE TO TRANSITIVE USED

2 invalid words from 3 definitions

METACHARACTER PREPENDING

11 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

AS ASH BA BAC BACK BACKS LA LAS LASH SH SLASH

6 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)

AB AL ALS CAB SAL SALS

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

BACKLASH

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

BACKSPLASH

One suffix (New word found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

BACKSLASHES

4 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+E BACKLASHES
+F FLASHBACKS
+P BACKSPLASH SPLASHBACK

One anagram minus one (New word formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-S BACKLASH

Scrabble scoring

  • 20 points.

Other languages

Categories without words

  • No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)
  • No cousins (Word found by changing only one letter.)
  • Not found in the middle (Word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)
  • No prefixes (Word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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