ACKER is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. ACKER is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept ACKER?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 59 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ACKER is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 12 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ACKER
Front hooks — 11
backerBack hooks — 1
ackersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ACKER scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ACKER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What stands out about ACKER
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ACKER mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialectnautical
A tidal bore, a steep wave that rushes upstream when the incoming tide meets a narrowing river channel.
An acker forms where a river mouth funnels the rising sea into a single leading wave, and boatmen along parts of the English coast used the word to warn each other of the surge before it arrived. The term survives mainly in local river lore rather than in general dictionaries of the sea.
How ACKER is used
A regional term, kept alive mostly among people who work on tidal rivers.
- The boatmen watched for the acker before casting off.
- An acker of nearly a metre swept up the narrow channel.
- Fishermen timed their return to beat the evening acker.
- The bridge shook slightly as the acker passed beneath it.
- Old charts marked the point where the acker was strongest.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ACKER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ACKER
The 5 tiles of ACKER in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ACKER
1 longer words begin with ACKER.
Words ending in ACKER
Showing 24 of 56 words that end in ACKER. Useful as a back hook: play ACKER onto a word already on the board.
Words with ACKER inside
Showing 24 of 90 words that contain ACKER somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ACKER are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ACKER
Common questions about ACKER
- Is ACKER valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and ACKER is not in it.
- How many points is ACKER worth?
- ACKER is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ACKER mean?
- A tidal bore, a steep wave that rushes upstream when the incoming tide meets a narrowing river channel.
- What letters can be added to ACKER?
- ACKER takes 12 hooks: 11 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ACKER:
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