The term BACKBOARD ATTACHMENT refers to the components of a basketball HOOP. The three-letter solution RIM is the metal ring that the basketball passes through when shot. HOOP is the four-letter solution and is the curved metal frame that supports the RIM. REBOUNDS is the eight-letter solution and is the action of the ball bouncing off the backboard or RIM after a shot. LAYUPS is the six-letter solution and is a type of shot in which the player jumps and shoots the ball off the backboard. Finally, BASKETBALLHOOP is the fourteen-letter solution and is the entire structure that consists of the RIM, backboard, and net.