WACKO is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. WACKO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WACKO?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WACKO is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WACKO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
wackosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WACKO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in WACKO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 261,415.
What does WACKO mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalslang
An informal, often mocking term for a person regarded as crazy, eccentric or irrational.
Wacko is a casual slang label applied to someone whose behaviour seems bizarre, unpredictable or unhinged. It grew out of the older adjective wacky, meaning odd or funny, and shifted into a noun used directly about a person rather than their actions. The word is common in everyday speech, journalism and entertainment writing, usually with a dismissive or joking tone rather than a clinical one. Because it is informal and can sound insulting, wacko is avoided in careful or professional writing about mental health.
How WACKO is used
Informal and can be dismissive; not used in clinical or respectful discussion of mental illness.
- The tabloid called the escaped prisoner a dangerous wacko.
- His neighbors thought he was a harmless wacko who talked to pigeons.
- The movie villain is played as a comic wacko rather than a real threat.
- Nobody took the conspiracy theorist seriously; they just called him a wacko.
- She laughed and said only a wacko would go camping in that storm.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WACKO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WACKO
2 longer words begin with WACKO.
Shorter words from the letters in WACKO
Common questions about WACKO
- Is WACKO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WACKO, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WACKO worth?
- WACKO is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WACKO mean?
- An informal, often mocking term for a person regarded as crazy, eccentric or irrational.
- What letters can be added to WACKO?
- WACKO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of WACKO:
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