Definitions For Turtleback

Noun

TURTLEBACK (plural TURTLEBACKs) Anything having the shape of a turtle's back (that is, its shell). (nautical) A convex deck at the bow or stern of a vessel, designed to shed seawater quickly. A primitive stone celt of a form suggesting the back of a turtle. A library binding of a mass-market, mass market paperback with a generic hardcover. : {{rfquote-sense, en}} Any plant of the genus psathyrotes of annual and perennial forbs and low subshrubs native to dry areas of southwestern north america.

Related terms

turtle-backed turtle-back scale

Alternative forms

turtle-back

Etymology

turtle + back

Is Turtleback 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
22

The word Turtleback is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends

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