CACK is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. CACK 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 12 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept CACK?
| 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 | Valid |
Word power: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CACK is to know. It scores 12 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 3.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CACK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CACK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in CACK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 435,692.
What does CACK mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalBritish
Rubbish, or something worthless — in mild British coarseness.
The root is an old term for excrement shared by half the languages of Europe, and English has worn it down into something a parent can say aloud. Cack now means poor quality far more often than anything literal, and the compound cack-handed for clumsiness is commoner than the noun by a wide margin.
How CACK is used
Uncountable: talking cack, a load of cack. Mildly coarse rather than offensive.
- The second half was cack from start to finish.
- He talks cack for an hour and then says one useful thing.
- The shop sells nothing but cack at seaside prices.
- Cack-handed is the form most people know.
- Calling something cack is milder than it sounds.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CACK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CACK
16 longer words begin with CACK.
Shorter words from the letters in CACK
Common questions about CACK
- Is CACK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CACK, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CACK worth?
- CACK is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CACK mean?
- Rubbish, or something worthless — in mild British coarseness.
- What letters can be added to CACK?
- CACK takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of CACK:
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