Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

backest

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: back-est
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

superlative form of back: most back

verb

second-person singular simple present indicative of back

Archaic

Example Sentences

"He set up two anchor points for his system using articulatory criteria: cardinal vowel 1 was the highest, frontest vowel that one could make without the sound becoming a consonant, and cardinal vowel 5 was the lowest, backest vowel one could produce without pulling the tongue back into the pharynx."

Etymology

back + -est

Word Breakdown

Suffix: back

Usage

Archaic

Questions

What does backest mean?: superlative form of back: most back
Where does backest come from?: back + -est

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