Definitions For Backstop

noun

  • A precaution in case of an emergency
  • (baseball) a fence or screen (as behind home plate) to prevent the ball from traveling out of the playing field
  • (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher
  • A fence or screen that is placed behind the catcher to prevent the ball from rolling away
  • Something that is kept so that it can be used if it is needed

verb

  • Act as a backstop

Is Backstop a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
18
Words with Friends
21

The word Backstop is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Backstop in a Sentence

  • The pitch got past the catcher and rolled all the way to the backstop.
  • Kept some gold as a backstop in case the value of the local currency collapsed
  • The Nobel-winning geneticist was of course backstopped in his research by a team of highly talented assistants

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