Definitions For Backwash

noun

  • The wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward
  • The consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)
  • The flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller

Is Backwash 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
22
Words with Friends
23

The word Backwash is worth 22 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Backwash in a Sentence

  • A general recession was the backwash of the crisis in the housing market

Synonyms for Backwash

Antonyms for Backwash

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