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Is BACKGROUND playable in Scrabble?

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Scrabble dictionaries

Dictionary Name Region Valid
Offcl. Scrabble Pl. Dict. & Offcl. Scrabble Words SOWPODS International / UK / Australia YES
NASPA Word List 2020 NWL2020 USA / Canada / Thailand YES
NASPA Word List 2018 NWL2018 USA / Canada / Thailand YES
Tournament Word List 2016 TWL16 USA / Canada / Thailand YES
Tournament Word List 2014 TWL14 USA / Canada / Thailand YES
Tournament Word List 2006 TWL06 USA / Canada / Thailand YES
Tournament Word List 1998 TWL98 USA / Canada / Thailand YES
Collins Scrabble Words 2019 CSW19 International / UK / Australia YES
Collins Scrabble Words 2015 CSW15 International / UK / Australia YES
Collins Scrabble Words 2012 CSW12 International / UK / Australia YES
Collins Scrabble Words 2007 CSW07 International / UK / Australia YES
Offcl. Scrabble Players Dictionary OSPD4 USA / Canada / Thailand YES
Australian Primary Schools OWL2 Australia YES
Australian Primary Schools OWL1 Australia YES
Words With Friends 2000 ENABLE2K Worldwide YES
Words With Friends 1997 (retired) ENABLE1 Worldwide YES
Letterpress Letterpress Worldwide YES
Yet Another Word List YAWL Worldwide YES
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Scrabble points

Points

20

Letters
10
Letter score

B3A1C3K5G2R1O1U1N1D2

Meaning of BACKGROUND

Definitions

Verb

background - understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry"

Noun

background - extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured; "they got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals"
background - (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
background - information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem; "the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident"
background - relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation; "when the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background"
background - a person's social heritage: previous experience or training; "he is a lawyer with a sports background"
background - the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground; "he posed her against a background of rolling hills"
background - the state of the environment in which a situation exists; "you can't do that in a university setting"
background - scenery hung at back of stage

Verb

Noun

  • Singular: background
  • Plural: backgrounds

Word frequency

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Synonyms of BACKGROUND

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