defensive end in basketball 7 Little Words

“defensive end in basketball” answer

The 7 Little Words answer for “defensive end in basketball” (most recently Friday, July 17, 2026, Puzzle 5) is:

BACKCOURT·9 letters

You can also reveal it one tile at a time above if you'd rather keep some of the challenge.

When else has “defensive end in basketball” appeared?

• July 17, 2026 (most recent) → BACKCOURT

Why the answer is BACKCOURT

Think about the players who are focused on protecting the basket and starting the offense! 🏀

How to build BACKCOURT from the tiles

In 7 Little Words you don't type the answer — you assemble it from the puzzle's shared tile bank, and every tile is used exactly once across all seven answers. Puzzle 5's tiles for July 17, 2026 are:

GR · OUN · DHOG · BA · CK · CO · URT · ACCR · ETES · FR · ACTA · LS · OVER · LO · OKI · NG · STAR · CHES · TIB · ESTI

BACKCOURT is built by combining the tiles BA · CK · CO · URT in order. Because those tiles come out of the shared bank, locking in BACKCOURT early also narrows what's left for the other six clues.

More clues from this puzzle

Stuck on another clue? Here are the rest of Puzzle 5's clues for July 17, 2026 — tap any for its answer and tile breakdown:

• Punxsutawney Phil, say — 9 letters
• grows together — 8 letters
• repeating-pattern shapes — 8 letters
• failing to notice — 11 letters
• some carbohydrates — 8 letters
• central Saharan mountains — 7 letters

Want all five puzzles in one place? The full day is on the July 17, 2026 answers page, and today's live answers are always one tap from the main 7 Little Words page.

About 7 Little Words

7 Little Words is a daily clue-and-tile puzzle from Blue Ox Technologies. Each board gives seven clues and a bank of two- and three-letter tiles; you spell every answer by combining tiles, using each tile exactly once. Five free puzzles publish every day, resetting at midnight Eastern Time. This was a Friday puzzle.