The word is a valid scrabble word, except in North America

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

• backsight n. The rear sight of a firearm.
• backsight n. (Surveying) A measurement or reading taken back towards a point of known elevation, used to calculate…
• backsight n. (Surveying) A measurement of a previously shot point, used to set the angle to zero when occupying a new position.

27 valid words from 3 definitions

ANGLE BACK CALCULATE ELEVATION FIREARM KNOWN MEASUREMENT NEW OCCUPYING OF OR POINT POSITION PREVIOUSLY READING REAR SET SHOT SIGHT SURVEYING TAKEN THE TO TOWARDS USED WHEN ZERO

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

BA BAC BACK BACKS SI SIG SIGH SIGHT

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

AB CAB GI GIS IS

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

BACKLIGHT

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

BACKSIGHTS

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

+F FIGHTBACKS
+L BACKLIGHTS
+S BACKSIGHTS

Scrabble scoring

• 21 points.

Other languages

• Invalid: French German Spanish Italian Romanian

Categories without words

• No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)
• 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.)

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