HACKERY is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. HACKERY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HACKERY?
| 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: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HACKERY is to know. It scores 19 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HACKERY
No single letter turns HACKERY into another word.
How HACKERY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in HACKERY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,088 thousand.
What does HACKERY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
Quick or rough programming, or poor-quality journalism written for money.
In computing, hackery has a half-admiring tone for a clever but untidy solution. In publishing it is purely scornful, as when critics dismiss a rushed article as hackery.
How HACKERY is used
Hackery is informal and takes a positive or negative tone from the context.
- It took some serious hackery to make the old printer work.
- The column was dismissed as mere hackery.
- His code was pure hackery, but it solved the problem.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HACKERY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HACKERY
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Common questions about HACKERY
- Is HACKERY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HACKERY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HACKERY worth?
- HACKERY is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HACKERY mean?
- Quick or rough programming, or poor-quality journalism written for money.
- What letters can be added to HACKERY?
- No single letter can be added to HACKERY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of HACKERY:
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