Boggle Word Finder
BACKWATER
✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓
SOWPODS ✓
ENABLE1 ✓
Classic
11
pts
Big
11
pts
Super Big
18
pts
BACKWATER 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
noun
- The water held back by a dam or other obstruction.
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figurativelyidiomaticusuallyA remote place: somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc; any field of endeavor that figuratively resembles such a place.
- an academic backwater
- A rowing stroke in which the oar is pushed forward to stop the boat; see back water
- Water used in the papermaking process. Recycled to reduce usage of fresh water, and usually containing residual amounts of chemicals and fibres.
verb
- To row or paddle a backwater stroke.
- idiomaticTo vacillate on a long-held position.