backstop

backstop is a 8-letter English word with 4 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: a precaution in case of an emergency. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 21 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. a precaution in case of an emergency

   "he acted as a backstop in case anything went wrong"

2. noun. (baseball) a fence or screen (as behind home plate) to prevent the ball from traveling out of the playing field
3. noun. (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher

   Synonyms: catcher

4. verb. act as a backstop

Synonyms

catcher

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in backstop:

stopback

Common word forms

backstops, backstopped, backstopping

Words from these letters

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