What TIEBACK Means
- noun: a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back“the draperies were drawn to the sides by pullbacks”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
TIEBACK is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as T1 I1 E1 B3 A1 C3 K5.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 65 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In TIEBACK
86 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.
6 letter words (2)
5 letter words (2)
4 letter words (32)
ABETBACKBAITBAKEBATEBEAKBEATBECKBETABICEBIKEBITECAKECATECITEETICIKATKAIEKATIKETAKIBEKITETABITACETACKTAKETAKITEAKTICETICKTIKATIKE
3 letter words (35)
ACEACTAITAKEATEBACBATBETBITCABCATCITEATEIKETAICEICKITAKABKAEKAIKATKEAKEBKETKITTABTAETAITAKTEATECTICTIETIK
2 letter words (15)
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