blowback
NOUN
8 LETTERS · STARTS WITH B
blowback is a valid 8-letter word worth 21 points in Scrabble and 25 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
B3L1O1W4B3A1C3K5
3 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 3 + 1 + 3 + 5 =21 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 42TRIPLE WORD → 63
MEANING
What does blowback mean?
NOUN · 2 SENSES
1
The backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired.
SYNONYMS
BROADER
NARROWER
2
Misinformation resulting from the recirculation into the source country of disinformation previously planted abroad by that country's intelligence service.
BROADER