9 Letter Words for Backwater
backwater
7 Letter Words for Backwater
abreact, backare, bearcat, bracket, bractea, cabaret, crawtae, wetback, wratack
6 Letter Words for Backwater
abater, acater, acreak, arcate, artabe, atabek, awater, awrack, awreak, awreck, backer, backet, backra, bareca, bareka, bracae, cabret, carate, cawker, cerata, eartab, karate, karewa, kwarta, racket, reback, retack, tacker, trabea, wacker
5 Letter Words for Backwater
aback, abate, abear, abkar, abret, acate, acerb, aceta, acker, arace, arake, arcae, areca, atake, awake, aware, awber, baker, bakra, barat, barca, baret, batea, bater, bawke, beata, berat, braca, brace, brack, bract, brake, break, breck, caber, cabre, caker, cakra, carat, caret, carta, carte, cater, cerat, crake, crate, creak, creta, ecart, kabar, karat, katar, katcr, kebar, kerat, rabat, ratwa, react, reata, tabac, taber, takar, taker, tarea, tawer, trace, track, treck, tweak, twerk, wacke, waker, water, wrack, wrate, wreak, wreat, wreck
4 Letter Words for Backwater
abac, abet, acer, acre, acta, aker, akra, arab, arak, arba, arca, area, aret, arew, arte, atar, awat, baar, back, bact, baka, bake, bara, bare, bark, bart, bata, bate, bawr, beak, bear, beat, beck, berk, beta, brae, brat, braw, bret, brew, caba, cake, carb, care, cark, cart, cate, cawk, cera, cert, crab, craw, crew, erat, kara, kart, kata, kbar, keat, kera, keta, krab, raca, race, rack, rake, rata, rate, reak, reck, rect, taar, tace, tack, taka, take, tara, tare, tawa, teak, tear, teca, teck, tera, trac, trek, trew, twae, waac, waar, wabe, wace, wack, waka, wake, warb, ware, wark, wart, wate, weak, wear, weck, weka, wert, weta
3 Letter Words for Backwater
aba, abc, abr, abt, ace, ack, act, aer, aka, ake, ara, arb, arc, are, ark, art, ate, awa, awe, awk, baa, bac, bae, bar, bat, baw, bec, ber, bet, bkt, bra, bwr, cab, car, cat, caw, cer, ckw, crt, cte, ctr, cwt, ear, eat, ecb, ect, era, erk, ert, eta, etc, ewk, ewt, kab, kae, kat, kaw, kea, keb, ket, kra, kwa, rab, rat, raw, rct, rea, reb, rec, rew, rte, rtw, taa, tab, tak, tar, taw, tck, tea, tec, ter, tew, tra, twa, wab, wac, wae, war, wat, web, wer, wet
Definitions for Backwater
[1] water held or forced back, as by a dam, flood, or tide.
[2] a place or state of stagnant backwardness: This area of the country is a backwater that continues to resist progress.
[3] an isolated, peaceful place.
[4] a stroke executed by pushing a paddle forward, causing a canoe to move backward.
[5] a body of stagnant water connected to a river
[6] water held or driven back, as by a dam, flood, or tide
[7] an isolated, backward, or intellectually stagnant place or condition
[8] (intr) to reverse the direction of a boat, esp to push the oars of a rowing boat
Words related to Backwater
quash, invalidate, annul, revoke, reverse, void, dismantle, abolish, cancel, lift, renege, retract, abrogate, overturn, repeal, decelerate, hinder, retard, moderate, slacken
Words nearby Backwater
backward and forward, backward heart failure, backwardation, backwards, backwash, backwater, backwater valve, backwind, backwoods, backwoodsman, backword
Origin of Backwater
1350–1400; Middle English bakwateres; see back2, water
Synonyms for Backwater
brook, creek, outlet, river, stream
