ZACK is valid in Collins, not in North America — 19 points
It depends on the list you play by. ZACK is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 19 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept ZACK?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZACK is to know. It scores 19 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZACK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
zacksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ZACK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ZACK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 217,846.
What stands out about ZACK
- ZACK scores 19 points, more than twice the average for a 4-letter word (7.7).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ZACK mean in Scrabble?
noun
Australian
A former Australian coin worth sixpence.
Zack was Australian slang for sixpence and then for five cents once decimal currency arrived. Its origin is disputed, and the usual suggestion is a Scottish word for a halfpenny that emigrants took with them.
How ZACK is used
Countable: a zack, two zacks. Australian.
- A zack was sixpence and then five cents.
- The word zack is Australian and its origin is disputed.
- Two zacks would not buy a beer even then.
- A zack survived decimal currency by about a decade.
- The Scottish suggestion for zack is a word for a halfpenny.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZACK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ZACK
1 longer words begin with ZACK.
Shorter words from the letters in ZACK
Common questions about ZACK
- Is ZACK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ZACK, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ZACK worth?
- ZACK is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZACK mean?
- A former Australian coin worth sixpence.
- What letters can be added to ZACK?
- ZACK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ZACK:
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