BACKLASH

Meaning

noun

a movement back from an impact

Synonyms recoilrepercussionrebound

verb

come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect

“Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”

Synonyms backfirerecoil

Definitions, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Related words without a link are English but not in our game word list.

Hooks

Letters you can add to the front or back of BACKLASH to make another valid word.

Anagrams

No other word uses exactly these letters.

Words inside BACKLASH

80 shorter words you can make from these letters.

6-letter

• blacks¹⁴
• cabals¹⁰
• calash¹¹
• casbah¹³
• chalks¹⁵
• kasbah¹⁵

5-letter

• aback¹³
• abash¹⁰
• alack¹¹
• albas⁷
• baals⁷
• backs¹³
• balas⁷
• balks¹¹
• balsa⁷
• basal⁷
• black¹³
• blahs¹⁰
• cabal⁹
• calks¹¹
• chalk¹⁴
• clash¹⁰
• hacks¹⁴
• kasha¹²
• lacks¹¹
• lakhs¹²
• shack¹⁴
• slack¹¹

4-letter

• aahs⁷
• aals⁴
• abas⁶
• alas⁴
• alba⁶
• albs⁶
• baal⁶
• baas⁶
• bach¹¹
• back¹²
• balk¹⁰
• bals⁶
• bash⁹
• bask¹⁰
• blah⁹
• cabs⁸
• calk¹⁰
• casa⁶
• cash⁹
• cask¹⁰
• hack¹³
• kaas⁸
• kabs¹⁰
• labs⁶
• lack¹⁰
• lacs⁶
• lakh¹¹
• lash⁷
• sack¹⁰
• scab⁸
• slab⁶

3-letter

• aah⁶
• aal³
• aas³
• aba⁵
• abs⁵
• aha⁶
• ala³
• alb⁵
• als³
• ash⁶
• ask⁷
• baa⁵
• bah⁸
• bal⁵
• bas⁵
• cab⁷
• has⁶
• kab⁹
• kas⁷
• lab⁵
• lac⁵