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Is BACKHANDS a valid Scrabble word?

Yes, BACKHANDS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 21 points.

Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.

What does BACKHANDS mean?

Backhands is a form of BACKHAND.

  1. noun

    a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke

  2. verb

    hit a tennis ball backhand

  3. adjective

    (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke

  4. adjective

    (of handwriting) having the letters slanting backward

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.

Points

21

Scrabble

23

Words With Friends

9

Letters

B (3) + A (1) + C (3) + K (5) + H (4) + A (1) + N (1) + D (2) + S (1) = 21 points in Scrabble.

Dictionary status

  • Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
  • Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
  • Words With FriendsListed

Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.

Hooks for BACKHANDS

BACKHANDS has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.

Front hooks0

None — nothing can be added to the front.

Back hooks0

None — nothing can be added to the end.

Words you can make from BACKHANDS

The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.

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