The word backoff is not 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.)

  • backoff n. (Computing) The situation where an algorithm or process refrains from taking an action it would otherwise have taken.
  • backoff n. (Surfing) The situation where an incoming wave passes from shallower water to a deeper area, making…
  • back␣off v. (Literally) To move backwards away from something.

32 valid words from 3 definitions

ACTION ALGORITHM AN AREA AWAY BACKWARDS COMPUTING DEEPER FROM HAVE INCOMING IT LITERALLY MAKING MOVE OR OTHERWISE PASSES PROCESS REFRAINS SHALLOWER SITUATION SOMETHING SURFING TAKEN TAKING THE TO WATER WAVE WHERE WOULD

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

BA BAC BACK KO KOFF OF OFF

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

AB CAB OK

Scrabble scoring

  • Zero, invalid.
  • 21 points, without game rules.

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  • 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.)
  • No suffixes (Word found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)
  • 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 with an extra letter (New word formed with all the letters of the word and an extra letter.)
  • 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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