CRACKAJACK is a valid Scrabble word — 31 points
Yes. CRACKAJACK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 31 points in Scrabble and 36 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CRACKAJACK?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CRACKAJACK is to know. It scores 31 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CRACKAJACK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
crackajacksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CRACKAJACK scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in CRACKAJACK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 3 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| k | 2 | 1 |
| j | 1 | 1 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. CRACKAJACK needs 2 blank tiles.
What does CRACKAJACK mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A person or thing of outstanding quality, skill or excellence.
A crackajack is the sort of player, mechanic or idea that others admire and rely on. The spelling is a playful variant that mirrors the way the word sounds in speech.
How CRACKAJACK is used
Chiefly an informal word of praise, with crackajack applied to someone first-rate at a job or game.
- The new goalkeeper is a real crackajack.
- She turned out to be a crackajack at fixing old engines.
- That plan of yours was a crackajack of an idea.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CRACKAJACK and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CRACKAJACK
1 longer words begin with CRACKAJACK.
Shorter words from the letters in CRACKAJACK
Common questions about CRACKAJACK
- Is CRACKAJACK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CRACKAJACK, where it scores 36 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CRACKAJACK worth?
- CRACKAJACK is worth 31 points in Scrabble and 36 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CRACKAJACK mean?
- A person or thing of outstanding quality, skill or excellence.
- What letters can be added to CRACKAJACK?
- CRACKAJACK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of CRACKAJACK:
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