Definitions For Backstroke

noun

  • A swimming stroke that resembles the crawl except the swimmer lies on his or her back
  • A way of swimming in which a person floats in the water facing upward while kicking the legs and rotating the arms ; also : a race in which the swimmers do the backstroke

verb

  • Swim on one's back

Is Backstrokes 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
23
Words with Friends
25

The word Backstroke is worth 23 points in Scrabble and 25 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Backstroke in a Sentence

  • She got into the pool and began to do the backstroke.
  • She won the 50-meter backstroke.

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