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9 letters · 20 points in Scrabble
Meaning
originFrom back + slash, because it is a slash “leaning back” against the direction of writing (in writing lines from left to right), in contrast to the more common (forward) slash / (“solidus, oblique, diagonal”). The actual direction of (hand-)writing these marks can be reversed, when writing from left to right, top to baseline: the backslash forwards, the (forward) slash backwards. The naming can be…
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Words from these letters
- backlash 19
- kasbahs 16
- sabkhas 16
- chalks 15
- kasbah 15
- sabkha 15
- shacks 15
- casbahs 14
- blacks 14
- chalk 14
- hacks 14
- shack 14