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BACKSLASH

9 letters

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

BACKSLASH 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.

noun
  1. The punctuation mark \ (a left-leaning diagonal line). (Common uses include (1) use as a delimiter in filepaths and (2) use as an escape character to mark literals.)
  2. proscribedrareThe punctuation mark /; a slash, forward slash.
verb
  1. transitiveTo escape (a metacharacter) by prepending a backslash that serves as an escape character, thereby forming an escape sequence.