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BACKLOG

7 letters, 16 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What BACKLOG Means

  1. noun: an accumulation of jobs not done or materials not processed that are yet to be dealt with (especially unfilled customer orders for products or services)
  2. noun: the large log at the back of a hearth fire
  3. verb: accumulate and create a backlog

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

BACKLOG is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 A1 C3 K5 L1 O1 G2.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 66 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In BACKLOG

70 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

5 letter words (4)

4 letter words (24)

3 letter words (31)

2 letter words (11)

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