backstair

backstair is a 9-letter English word with 2 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Private; indirect; secret; intriguing; -- as if finding access by the back stairs. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 19 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Private; indirect; secret; intriguing; -- as if finding access by the back stairs.
2. adjective. secret and sly or sordid- A.L.Guerard

   "backstairs gossip"

   "his low backstairs cunning"

   Synonyms: backstairs, furtive

Synonyms

backstairs, furtive

Common word forms

backstairs

Words from these letters

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