The word backstroke 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.)

  • backstroke n. A backhanded stroke or blow.
  • backstroke n. (Swimming) A stroke swum lying on one’s back, while rotating both arms through the water as to propel…
  • backstroke n. (Bellringing) The pull on the tail of the rope that swings the bell through a full circle (compare handstroke).

31 valid words from 3 definitions

ARMS AS BACK BACKHANDED BELL BLOW BOTH CIRCLE COMPARE FULL HANDSTROKE LYING OF ON ONE OR PROPEL PULL ROPE ROTATING STROKE SWIMMING SWINGS SWUM TAIL THAT THE THROUGH TO WATER WHILE

1 invalid word from 3 definitions

BELLRINGING

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

BA BAC BACK BACKS OK OKE ROK ROKE ST STROKE TROKE

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

AB CAB KO KOR OR ORT ORTS TSK

4 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

BACKSTROKED BACKSTROKER BACKSTROKES BACKSTROKERS

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

+D BACKSTROKED
+R BACKSTROKER
+S BACKSTROKES

Scrabble scoring

  • 17 points, joker K.
  • 22 points, without game rules.

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.)
  • No lipograms (Word found when removing only one letter.)
  • No epentheses (Word found when adding 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.)
  • No anagrams can be formed by removing a letter (New word formed with all the letters of the word minus a letter.)

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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