HACKLE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. HACKLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HACKLE?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HACKLE is to know. It scores 15 from 6 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HACKLE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HACKLE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in HACKLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 689,845.
What does HACKLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A long, narrow feather on the neck of a bird, or a comb with steel teeth for dressing flax.
A hackle from a rooster is prized by anglers, who wind it onto an artificial fly so that it seems to move in the water. The glossy neck plumage gives the best material.
How HACKLE is used
Hackle is met in fly-fishing and in the idiom about raising hackles.
- His rude remark raised my hackle and I answered sharply.
- The cockerel shook the golden hackle on its neck.
- She tied a red hackle onto the fishing fly.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HACKLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HACKLE
6 longer words begin with HACKLE.
Shorter words from the letters in HACKLE
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Common questions about HACKLE
- Is HACKLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HACKLE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HACKLE worth?
- HACKLE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HACKLE mean?
- A long, narrow feather on the neck of a bird, or a comb with steel teeth for dressing flax.
- What letters can be added to HACKLE?
- HACKLE takes 5 hooks: 1 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of HACKLE:
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