CACKY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 16 points
It depends on the list you play by. CACKY 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 16 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept CACKY?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CACKY is to know. It scores 16 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CACKY
No single letter turns CACKY into another word.
How CACKY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CACKY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,183 thousand.
What does CACKY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informalBritish
Covered in or resembling excrement; dirty and unpleasant.
Cacky is a coarse, informal word built from cack, an old term for faeces. It is used both literally for something soiled and more loosely for anything considered worthless or disgusting.
How CACKY is used
Coarse informal British usage; avoided in polite or formal contexts.
- The dog came in with cacky paws after the walk.
- He complained about the cacky smell near the farm.
- Her boots were cacky after crossing the muddy field.
- The children got their cacky clothes into the wash straight away.
- Nobody wanted to touch the cacky rag on the floor.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CACKY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CACKY
Common questions about CACKY
- Is CACKY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and CACKY is not in it.
- How many points is CACKY worth?
- CACKY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CACKY mean?
- Covered in or resembling excrement; dirty and unpleasant.
- What letters can be added to CACKY?
- No single letter can be added to CACKY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CACKY:
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