Definitions for back-alley

back-alley back-al·ley

Spelling: [bak-al-ee]
IPA: /ˈbækˈæl i/

Back-Alley is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 222 anagrams from letters in back-alley (-aabceklly).

Definitions for back-alley

adjective

  1. dirty, unprepossessing, sordid, or clandestine:

Origin of back-alley

An Americanism dating back to 1860-65

Examples for back-alley

They pour in from everywhere—from every highway and byway and back-alley—a regular tidal wave.

There wasn't any use making a back-alley dash for it, as we didn't know the lay of the land and they were between us and New York.

As for Pete Hilliard's crowd and their small-town, back-alley ways of amusing themselves—hell!

Word Value for back-alley
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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