Definitions for backfield

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backfield back·field

Spelling: [bak-feeld]

IPA: /ˈbækˌfild/

Backfield is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 24 points.

You can make 418 anagrams from letters in backfield (abcdefikl).

Definitions for backfield

noun

1. (used with a plural verb) the members of the team who, on offense, are stationed behind the linemen and, on defense, behind the linebackers.
2. their positions considered as a unit.
3. the area where the backs play.

Origin of backfield

An Americanism dating back to 1910-15; back¹ + field

Examples for backfield

A hulking defender breaks into the backfield and takes him down with a vicious clothesline tackle.

Harvard follows Charlie Daly's backfield play; improved upon somewhat, of course, according to conditions.

The backfield coach has the picking of men for their positions.

You see our backfield was pretty light and the wet field slowed them up.

Suddenly Stover, in the backfield, watching like a cat, started forward with a cry.

He was a backfield man and one of West Point's main line backers.

"Two in the line and two in the backfield is good," jeered Tim.

Dick had been busily engaged in making up his line and backfield.

Then—it is a fake-kick; the backfield lines up in the kick formation, but the ball is passed to Butch, at your right.

Casad, Clark and Phillips made up a backfield that would have been a credit to any of the colleges.