backlash is a valid English word

Scrabble validity: valid ( international - Sowpods, US - Twl06 )
iScramble validity: valid
QuickWords validity: valid

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Meanings

Noun (COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE)

(literal) A suddenly reversed or backward motion, such as of a rope or elastic band when it snaps under tension.
(figurative) A negative reaction, objection or outcry, especially of a violent or abrupt nature.
• The public backlash to the proposal was quick and insistent.
(mechanics) The looseness through which one part of connected machinery, such as a wheel, gear, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, or a measurement of the distance moved thereby; either intentional (as allowance) or unintentional (from error or wear).

Verb

To perform a backlash, to lash back in reaction to some cause.

backlash is a Scrabble valid word

• International English (Sowpods) - The word is valid in Scrabble ✓
• US English (TWL06) - The word is valid in Scrabble ✓
• 19 points

backlash is an iScramble valid word

• The word is valid in iScramble ✓
• 36 points

backlash is an QuickWords valid word

• The word is valid in QuickWords ✓
• 36 points

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Same letters words (Anagrams)

• HACKLABS
• KALBACHS

Same letters plus one

• BACKCLASH
• BACKFLASH
• BACKHAULS
• BACKSLASH
• BLACKHAMS
• BLACKHATS
• BLACKWASH
• CHALKBAGS
• FLASHBACK
• HALFBACKS

Same letters minus one

• CHABLAS
• CHAKLAS
• HACKLAB
• KALBACH