aback

aback has 6 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• adv.. Toward the back or rear; backward.
• adv.. Behind; in the rear.
• adv.. Backward against the mast; -- said of the sails when pressed by the wind.
• n.. An abacus.
• adv.. by surprise; "taken aback by the caustic remarks"
• adv.. having the wind against the forward side of the sails; "the ship came up into the wind with all yards aback"