SWACK is valid in Collins, not in North America — 14 points
It depends on the list you play by. SWACK is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 14 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept SWACK?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SWACK is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SWACK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
swacksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SWACK scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SWACK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| w | 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 stands out about SWACK
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SWACK mean in Scrabble?
verb
Scots
To bring something down onto a surface with sudden, driving force, in Scots use.
Swack belongs to Scots and covers the sudden motion of bringing something down hard and fast, whether it lands squarely or merely swings past its target. To swack the table or a door is to bring it down with real force behind it. Older records connect the word to the sound such contact makes, closer to a smack than a heavy thud, and dictionaries also list an unrelated adjective sense of the same spelling meaning supple or agile. Because swack is regional rather than standard English, it survives mainly in Scots writing and speech rather than everyday British usage elsewhere.
How SWACK is used
A Scots dialect verb for a sharp, forceful strike, used mainly in older or regional speech.
- He swacked the table with his fist in anger.
- She swacked the dust from the rug with a stick.
- The boy swacked at the ball and missed completely.
- He would swack the door shut whenever he left in a temper.
- The farmer swacked the gate to knock the snow off it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SWACK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SWACK
The 5 tiles of SWACK in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SWACK
3 longer words begin with SWACK.
Shorter words from the letters in SWACK
Common questions about SWACK
- Is SWACK valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and SWACK is not in it.
- How many points is SWACK worth?
- SWACK is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SWACK mean?
- To bring something down onto a surface with sudden, driving force, in Scots use.
- What letters can be added to SWACK?
- SWACK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SWACK:
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