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backs

How many syllables in backs?

  1 syllable

Divide backs into syllables:   backs
Syllable stress:   backs
How to say backs:

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What rhymes with backs

1 syllable
  • acts
  • axe
  • cracks
  • fax
  • flax
  • jacks
  • knacks
  • lax
  • macs
  • packs
  • pacts
  • plaques
  • racks
  • sacks
  • sax
  • shacks
  • smacks
  • stacks
  • tax
  • wacks
  • whacks
  • ax
  • blacks
  • facts
  • fax's
  • hacks
  • Jaques
  • lacks
  • macks
  • Max
  • pacs
  • pax
  • quacks
  • rax
  • sacs
  • Saxe
  • slacks
  • snacks
  • tacks
  • tracks
  • wax
  • zack
2 syllables
  • attacks
  • knick-knacks
  • relax
  • taxa
  • impacts
  • pretax
  • shacky
3 syllables
  • antitax
    4 syllables
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