WACK is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. WACK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WACK?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WACK is to know. It scores 13 from 4 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 3.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WACK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WACK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in WACK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 108,923.
What does WACK mean in Scrabble?
adjective
slang
Bad or of poor quality.
Wack is American and came out of hip-hop in the 1980s, and it is a back-formation from wacky rather than the source of it. The two words now mean nearly opposite things, which back-formations often manage.
How WACK is used
After the verb. Chiefly American slang.
- That excuse is wack and everybody heard it.
- The word wack is a back-formation from wacky.
- Wack and wacky mean almost opposite things now.
- A wack verse gets a rapper remembered for it.
- Wack came out of hip-hop in the 1980s.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WACK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WACK
The 4 tiles of WACK in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with WACK
16 longer words begin with WACK.
Words ending in WACK
4 words end in WACK. Useful as a back hook: play WACK onto a word already on the board.
Words with WACK inside
20 words contain WACK in the middle. Words that start with WACK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WACK
Common questions about WACK
- Is WACK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WACK, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WACK worth?
- WACK is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WACK mean?
- Bad or of poor quality.
- What letters can be added to WACK?
- WACK takes 5 hooks: 1 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of WACK:
Open WACK in the Word Finder