TACK is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. TACK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TACK?
| 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 TACK is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TACK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TACK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in TACK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 36,308.
What does TACK mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small sharp nail with a broad head.
Tack covers a nail, a change of course, riding equipment and the stickiness of drying paint, and only the first two are related. Sailing gave English the sense about changing direction.
How TACK is used
Countable. Also a verb: tacked, tacking.
- A tack in the carpet finds a foot within a day.
- The word tack covers four things and two of them are related.
- They tacked into the wind for six hours.
- Riding tack is stored in a room named after it.
- The paint is tacky and not yet dry.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TACK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TACK
Showing 24 of 40 words that begin with TACK.
Words ending in TACK
20 words end in TACK. Useful as a back hook: play TACK onto a word already on the board.
Words with TACK inside
Showing 24 of 74 words that contain TACK somewhere in the middle. Words that start with TACK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TACK
Common questions about TACK
- Is TACK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TACK, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TACK worth?
- TACK is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TACK mean?
- A small sharp nail with a broad head.
- What letters can be added to TACK?
- TACK takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of TACK:
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