What it means
- (noun) A swimming stroke swum lying on one's back, while rotating both arms through the water as to propel the swimmer backwards.
- (noun) (bellringing) The pull on the tail of the rope that swings the bell through a full circle (compare handstroke)
- (verb) To swim the backstroke.
Letter analysis
- Backstroke contains 10 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 7 consonant(s).
- It uses 9 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 2.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 22.
Words that mean the same
Sub-words
- backrest
- brackets
- backers
- boaster
- boaters
- bracket
- coaster
- rackets
- restock
- rockets
- setback
- aborts
- actors
- backer
- bakers
- barest
- basket
- boater
- braces
- bracts
- brakes
- breaks
- breast
- carets
- casket
- caster
- castor
- caters
- coarse
- cobras
- corset
- costar
- crates
- creaks
- croaks
- escort
- orates
- racket
- reacts
- recast
- rocket
- scrota
- sector
- skater
- socket
- sorbet
- stoker
- streak
- strobe
- stroke
- takers
- traces
- tracks
- abets
- abort
- acres
- actor
- arose
- ascot
Related words
Other 10-letter words
- abandoning
- abbreviate
- abdicating
- abdication
- abductions
- aberration
- abhorrence
- abjuration
- abnegating
- abnegation
- abnormally
- abolishing
- abominable
- abominably
- abominated
- abominates
- aboriginal
- aborigines
Words starting with BAC
- baccalaureate
- baccalaureates
- bacchanal
- bacchanalian
- bacchanalians
- bacchanals
- bachelor
- bachelors
- bacilli
- bacillus
- back
- backache
- backaches
- backbit
- backbite
- backbiter
- backbiters
- backbites
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Words ending with OKE
Common questions
What does Backstroke mean?
A swimming stroke swum lying on one's back, while rotating both arms through the water as to propel the swimmer backwards.
How many letters are in Backstroke?
Backstroke has 10 letters.
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