SHACK is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. SHACK 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 SHACK?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHACK is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 3.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHACK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SHACK scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SHACK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 522,830.
What does SHACK mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small, roughly built hut or cabin, often made of simple materials and lacking modern comforts.
A shack is typically thrown together quickly from whatever materials are available, such as wood planks or corrugated metal, and it lacks the finish and stability of a proper house. The word often carries a tone of poverty or improvisation, describing anything from a fishing shelter on a beach to makeshift housing on the edge of a settlement. In casual speech, shack can also describe a person home in a self-deprecating way, regardless of its actual condition. The related phrase shack up, meaning to live together informally, extends the word into everyday slang.
How SHACK is used
Common in everyday speech, sometimes self-deprecating when used about one own home.
- They spent the summer in a fishing shack by the lake.
- The old shack leaned dangerously to one side.
- He built the shack himself out of scrap lumber.
- Smoke rose from the chimney of the small shack.
- She joked that her apartment was really just a glorified shack.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHACK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SHACK
The 5 tiles of SHACK in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SHACK
19 longer words begin with SHACK.
Words ending in SHACK
1 words end in SHACK. Useful as a back hook: play SHACK onto a word already on the board.
Words with SHACK inside
14 words contain SHACK in the middle. Words that start with SHACK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SHACK
Common questions about SHACK
- Is SHACK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHACK, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHACK worth?
- SHACK is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHACK mean?
- A small, roughly built hut or cabin, often made of simple materials and lacking modern comforts.
- What letters can be added to SHACK?
- SHACK takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SHACK:
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