background: Information About The Word 'background'

background is an acceptable dictionary word for games like scrabble, words with friends, crossword, etc.

The word 'background' is made up of 10 letters.

Meanings:
  • (n) a person's social heritage: previous experience or training; "he is a lawyer with a sports background"
  • (n) the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground; "he posed her against a background of rolling hills"
  • (n) information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem; "the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident"
  • (n) 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"
  • (n) relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation; "when the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background"
  • (n) the state of the environment in which a situation exists; "you can't do that in a university setting"
  • (n) (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
  • (n) scenery hung at back of stage
  • (v) understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry"
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Using the word 'background' in Scrabble will fetch you 20 points while using it in Words with Friends will fetch you 25 points (without taking into consideration the effect of any multipliers).

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Words Ending With 'background'

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Words Starting With 'background'

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Words Containing 'background'

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Points in Scrabble for background20
Points in Words with Friends for background25
Number of Letters in background10
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