backstairs

backstairs is a 10-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Stairs in the back part of a house, as distinguished from the front stairs; hence, a private or indirect way. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 20 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. Stairs in the back part of a house, as distinguished from the front stairs; hence, a private or indirect way.
2. adjective. Alt. of Backstair
3. noun. a second staircase at the rear of a building
4. adjective. secret and sly or sordid- A.L.Guerard

   "backstairs gossip"

   "his low backstairs cunning"

   Synonyms: backstair, furtive

Synonyms

backstair, furtive

Common word forms

backstair

Words from these letters

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