backbite
To wound by clandestine detraction; to censure meanly or spitefully (as absent person); to slander or speak evil of (one absent). Spenser. To censure or revile the absent. They are arrant knaves, and will backbite. Shak.
Length: 8Scrabble® value: 18Words With Friends® value: 21
Numerology value: 8 (Pythagorean letter-sum). See what this number means on NumberAngel.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), United States public domain. See methodology for full licensing detail. Word validity for game play may differ from any official game dictionary.