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BACKPEDAL

9 letters

✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 18 pts

BACKPEDAL is a valid 9-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 11 in Classic, 11 in Big, and 18 in Super Big Boggle.

Word family

BACKPEDALS-s 11 BACKPEDALING-ing 11 BACKPEDALLING-ling 11 BACKPEDALED-ed 11 BACKPEDALLED-led 11
verb
  1. intransitiveTo pedal backwards on a bicycle.
  2. intransitiveTo step backwards.
    • The player had to backpedal before catching the ball.
  3. idiomaticintransitiveTo distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement; back off from an idea.
    • Though initially adopting a hard-line stance, the politician soon started to backpedal.
noun
  1. An act of backpedalling (in any sense).