What does BACKGROUND mean?
- Pronunciation
- /ˈbækˌgraʊnd/
- Letters
- 10
- Scrabble score
- 20
- Words With Friends score
- 25
- How common
- Common
Meaning
noun
- a person's social heritage: previous experience or training“he is a lawyer with a sports background”
- the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground“he posed her against a background of rolling hills”
- information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem“the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident”
- extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured“they got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals”
- relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation“when the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background”
- the state of the environment in which a situation exists“you can't do that in a university setting”
- (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
- scenery hung at back of stage
Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.
Other forms
backgrounds21backgrounded23
Anagrams of BACKGROUND
No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.
Words inside BACKGROUND
293 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.
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Questions
Is BACKGROUND a valid word in word games?
BACKGROUND is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted. Check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.
How many points is BACKGROUND worth?
BACKGROUND is worth 20 points with Scrabble letter values and 25 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.
What words can you make from BACKGROUND?
293 other words, including AND, ON, OR and AN.