Tack is valid Scrabble Word

Is tack a scrabble word?
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4 letters word
10 points in Scrabble
11 points in WWF

Definitions for TACK in dictionary:

VERB:

to fasten with short, sharp-pointed nails
fasten or fix in place with tacks
fasten (pieces of cloth) together temporarily with long stitches
add or append something to something already existing
alter the course of (a boat) by tacking
make a series of changes of course while sailing
A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is closehauled (see Illust. of Ship); also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom.
The part of a sail to which the tack is usually fastened; the foremost lower corner of fore-and-aft sails, as of schooners (see Illust. of Sail).
The direction of a vessel in regard to the trim of her sails; as, the starboard tack, or port tack; -- the former when she is closehauled with the wind on her starboard side; hence, the run of a vessel on one tack; also, a change of direction.
A contract by which the use of a thing is set, or let, for hire; a lease.

Confidence; reliance.
To fasten or attach.
Especially, to attach or secure in a slight or hasty manner, as by stitching or nailing; as, to tack together the sheets of a book; to tack one piece of cloth to another; to tack on a board or shingle; to tack one piece of metal to another by drops of solder.
In parliamentary usage, to add (a supplement) to a bill; to append; -- often with on or to.
To change the direction of (a vessel) when sailing closehauled, by putting the helm alee and shifting the tacks and sails so that she will proceed to windward nearly at right angles to her former course.
To change the direction of a vessel by shifting the position of the helm and sails; also (as said of a vessel), to have her direction changed through the shifting of the helm and sails. See Tack, v. t., 4.
turn into the wind
create by putting components or members together
sew together loosely, with large stitches
fix to; attach
reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
fasten with tacks
change course by turning a boat's head into and through the wind

NOUN:

a small, sharp broad-headed nail
a drawing pin
a long stitch used to fasten fabrics together temporarily, prior to permanent sewing.
a method of dealing with a situation or problem; a course of action or policy
a distance sailed between tacks
a rope for securing the corner of certain sails.
the corner to which a rope is fastened.
the quality of being sticky
equipment used in horse riding, including the saddle and bridle.
cheap, shoddy, or tasteless material
short nail with a large head
A stain; a tache.
A peculiar flavor or taint; as, a musty tack.
A small, short, sharp-pointed nail, usually having a broad, flat head.
That which is attached; a supplement; an appendix. See Tack, v. t., 3.
the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails
a short nail with a sharp point and a large head
gear for a horse
(nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
(nautical) the act of changing tack
sailing a zigzag course
an act of changing course by turning a boat's head into and through the wind, so as to bring the wind on the opposite side.
a boat's course relative to the direction of the wind

OTHER DEFINITIONS:

to fasten with tacks (short, sharp-pointed nails)

Words related to TACK

tacked13 tacker12 tackers13 tacking14 tackings15 tackless14 tacks11

How to use TACK in a sentence

Thou hadst best cut a piece off the top and tack it to the bottom, so that it may be long enough.
And the chaplain knows Tommy, and he knows that he will never get him on that tack.
Keep it safe till you go to Connecticut, and then some day take a tack over to Simsbury.
From never thinking about anything or caring what came uppermost, he seemed to have changed all on the other tack and do nothing but think.
This was the most favourable position for us to be in, in order to effect our purpose, since the cruiser had already passed her nearest point to us, on that tack.
On her way to her room that sultry June night Sophy had encountered the persistent Tack.
Then is the second ship to tack as the first ship and give the other side, keeping the enemy under a perpetual shot.
Therefore he has to tack on an enormous profit to bring himself out whole and pay his expenses in order to meet his obligations with the factor in New Orleans.
A few musty, hard tack, thrown in our trenches, were devoured like so much fresh beef, by so many hungry wolves.
But there is a point beyond this, on which I should wish to keep my eye, and to which I should aim to approach by every tack which previous arrangements force on us.

Very many and very meritorious were the worthy patriots who assisted in bringing back our government to its republican tack.
Here they met head winds that caused them to tack four more days, then they got under the lee of the Great Inagua island.
If we go upon the tack of last night, she will marry Montfort, and fall in love with you afterwards.
The next tack showed very plainly that the boat was really coming to the Sea Monster, and somebody stood up in the stern and shouted.
As to the captain, his attention was all set on the effort to discover the cave, and his intelligence was not lively enough to start on an entirely new tack by itself.
He had scarcely spoken when the fish took another tack, dragging poor Giant toward the shore, some distance above the camp.
Another bomb exploded close behind them, and started them off on a new tack.
So he felt that he must make another tack to gain his point.
When they become women in reality, they are rather too apt to go upon the opposite tack, and to assume the dress and airs of the girl.
The yards were now squared, and we went off on the new tack before a steady breeze from the south-east.
To this end we stormed the seas, tack for tack, and burst Through the doorways of new worlds, doubtful which was first.
You may haul aft the sheet, tack ship, and go home.
Then Dick tried another tack and began to speak of the company, but with no greater success.
It was a simple method, requiring ability, of helping the vessel to tack when the wind and sea made it impossible in the ordinary way.
On the shortest tack she was twelve hundred miles from where Captain Kellett left her.
Some, and those of the largest size, are rigged, so as to tack about.
We were no sooner out than the wind began to blow hard, dead on the shore, so that we could not clear the land on either tack.

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