BACKLASHES
A 10-letter word worth 21 points in Scrabble.
b 3 a 1 c 3 k 5 l 1 a 1 s 1 h 4 e 1 s 1
- Length
- 10
- Scrabble
- 21 pts
- Sorted letters
- aabcehklss
- Anagrams
- 0
Definition of BACKLASHES
A form of BACKLASH.
- noun
an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence
“there was a backlash of intolerance”
- noun
a movement back from an impact
Synonyms: recoil, repercussion, rebound
- verb
come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect
“Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1 (Princeton University).
Words within BACKLASHES
278 words can be made from any subset of the letters in BACKLASHES.
- backslash 20
- backlash 19
- bechalks 19
- shackles 17
- shakable 17
- backless 16
- cashable 15
- calashes 13
- bechalk 18
- hackles 16
- kasbahs 16
- keblahs 16
- shackle 16
- casbahs 14
- abashes 12
- clashes 12
- balases 9
- calesas 9
- chalks 15
- haceks 15
- hackle 15
- kasbah 15
- keblah 15
- shacks 15
- blacks 14
- baches 13
- bleach 13
- casbah 13
- kashas 13
- shakes 13
- bleaks 12
- slacks 12
- bashes 11
- calash 11
- cashes 11
- chases 11
- chasse 11
- chelas 11
- laches 11
- akelas 10
- cabals 10
- cables 10
- slakes 10
- hassel 9
- hassle 9
- lashes 9
- selahs 9
- shales 9
- sheals 9
- abases 8
- baases 8
- balsas 8
- calesa 8
- sables 8
- scales 8
- chalk 14
- hacek 14
- hacks 14
- hecks 14
- shack 14
- aback 13
- backs 13
- becks 13
- black 13
- beach 12
- belch 12
- hakes 12
- kasha 12
- lakhs 12
- shake 12
- alack 11
- bakes 11
- balks 11
- basks 11
- beaks 11
- bleak 11
- cakes 11
- calks 11
- casks 11
- lacks 11
- sacks 11
- slack 11
- abash 10
- aches 10
- blahs 10
- chase 10
- chela 10
- chess 10
- clash 10
- leach 10
- akela 9
- cabal 9
- cable 9
- kales 9
- lakes 9
- leaks 9
- sakes 9
- scabs 9
- slake 9
- ashes 8
- hales 8
- heals 8
- leash 8
- selah 8
- shale 8
- sheal 8
- sheas 8
- slash 8
- abase 7
- ables 7
- albas 7
- alecs 7
- baals 7
- balas 7
- bales 7
- balsa 7
- basal 7
- bases 7
- blase 7
- bless 7