BACKGROUND — 10 letter word
background
The word background has 10 letters: B, A, C, K, G, R, O, U, N, D. It contains 3 vowels and 7 consonants. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 25 in Words With Friends. As a noun, it means "scenery hung at back of stage".
10 letter word "background": B A C K G R O U N D — noun
Scrabble score: 20 Words With Friends score: 25
Letter analysis of background
| Letter | Count | Type | Scrabble pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | 1 | Consonant | 3 |
| A | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| C | 1 | Consonant | 3 |
| K | 1 | Consonant | 5 |
| G | 1 | Consonant | 2 |
| R | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| O | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| U | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| N | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| D | 1 | Consonant | 2 |
3 vowels, 7 consonants, 10 unique letters
Definition of background
noun
- scenery hung at back of stage Synonyms: backdrop
- (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear Synonyms: desktop, screen background
- a person's social heritage: previous experience or training "They are a lawyer with a sports background."
- information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem "The embassy filled them in on the background of the incident." Synonyms: background knowledge
- the part of a scene or picture ,that lies behind objects in the foreground "We posed them against a background of rolling hills." Synonyms: ground
- relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation "When the rain came we could hear the sound of thunder in the background."
- 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" Synonyms: background signal
- the state of the environment in which a situation exists Synonyms: setting, scope
verb
- to understate the importance or quality of "I unintentionally backgrounded the old data in my presentation." Synonyms: play down, downplay
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