back formation
NOUN
14 LETTERS · STARTS WITH B
back formation is a valid 14-letter word worth 26 points in Scrabble and 30 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
B3A1C3K5F4O1R1M3A1T1I1O1N1
3 + 1 + 3 + 5 + 0 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =26 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 52TRIPLE WORD → 78
MEANING
What does back formation mean?
NOUN · 1 SENSE
1
A word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it.
BROADER
AT THE BOARD
Anagrams of back formation
SAME TILES, DIFFERENT WORDS
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