TACKY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. TACKY 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 TACKY?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TACKY is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TACKY
No single letter turns TACKY into another word.
How TACKY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TACKY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 348,553.
What does TACKY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Slightly sticky, or cheap and in poor taste.
The two senses are one word, and a surface is the link: paint that has not dried is tacky, and so is a thing that looks as if it were made too fast and for too little. The second sense began in America and is now everywhere, and it judges effort at least as much as money.
How TACKY is used
Before and after the noun. The comparative is tackier and the noun is tackiness.
- The varnish was still tacky after two days.
- A tacky souvenir is half the reason for going.
- She called the whole scheme tacky and was not wrong.
- Leave it until it is tacky rather than wet.
- What looks tacky in one decade is collected in the next.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TACKY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words with TACKY inside
2 words contain TACKY in the middle. Words that start with TACKY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TACKY
Common questions about TACKY
- Is TACKY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TACKY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TACKY worth?
- TACKY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TACKY mean?
- Slightly sticky, or cheap and in poor taste.
- What letters can be added to TACKY?
- No single letter can be added to TACKY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TACKY:
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