Definitions For Backhand

noun

  • A return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke
  • A way of hitting a ball in tennis and similar games in which the back of the hand holding the racket is turned in the direction of the ball
  • A catch in baseball and similar games that is made on the side of the body that is opposite the hand being used

verb

  • Hit a tennis ball backhand

adjective

  • (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke

adjective

  • (of handwriting) having the letters slanting backward

Is Backhand 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
20
Words with Friends
22

The word Backhand is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Backhand in a Sentence

  • She has a good backhand but a weak forehand.

Synonyms for Backhand

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