HACEK is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. HACEK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HACEK?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HACEK is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HACEK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
haceksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HACEK scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HACEK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What does HACEK mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The diacritical mark shaped like an inverted circumflex, placed over a letter to show a change in its pronunciation.
A hacek sits above certain consonants in Czech, Slovak and several other Slavic-based spelling systems, turning a plain letter into one pronounced with a hushing sound. The mark looks like a small checkmark or inverted circumflex resting on top of the letter it modifies. English writers meet the hacek mainly when reproducing foreign names accurately, since English spelling itself has no use for it.
How HACEK is used
Used mainly in linguistics and typography when discussing Slavic spelling systems.
- The word Dvorak is properly written with a hacek over the r.
- Without the hacek, an English reader has no clue how the name should sound.
- The proofreader added a hacek that the typesetter had accidentally dropped.
- Linguists use the hacek to mark a shift from a plain to a hushing consonant.
- The keyboard layout let her type letters with a hacek directly.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HACEK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HACEK
The 5 tiles of HACEK in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with HACEK
1 longer words begin with HACEK.
Shorter words from the letters in HACEK
Common questions about HACEK
- Is HACEK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HACEK, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HACEK worth?
- HACEK is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HACEK mean?
- The diacritical mark shaped like an inverted circumflex, placed over a letter to show a change in its pronunciation.
- What letters can be added to HACEK?
- HACEK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HACEK:
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