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Is barrack a Scrabble word?

Yes, barrack is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 15 points in Scrabble.

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What is the meaning of barrack?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (military, chiefly in the plural) A building for soldiers, especially within a garrison; originally referred to temporary huts, now usually to a permanent structure or set of buildings.Examples: "Before the gates of Bari, he lodged in a miserable hut or barrack, composed of dry branches, and thatched with straw; a perilous station, on all sides open to the inclemency of the winter and the spears of the enemy."; "1919, House Committee on Military Affairs, Army Reorganization: Hearings Before the Committee on Military Affairs, House of Representatives, 66th Congress, 1st Session, on H.R. 8287, H.R. 8068, H.R. 7925, H.R. 8870, Sept. 3, 1919-Nov. 12, 1919, Parts 23-43, page 1956, How do you distinguish between the disciplinary barracks and the penitentiary? Where are the disciplinary barracks ?"; "I know the barracks at the training camp out on the moors."in-plural

2. (chiefly in the plural) A primitive structure resembling a long shed or barn for (usually temporary) housing or other purposes.in-plural

3. (by extension, chiefly in the plural) Any very plain, monotonous, or ugly large building.broadlyin-plural

4. (US) A (structure with a) movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc.US

5. (Ireland, colloquial, usually in the plural) A police station.Irelandcolloquialplural-normally

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To house military personnel; to quarter.Examples: "Where the men were barracked alone, unnatural crime prevailed : where the women were barracked, contrivances were made to render such a place a brothel."transitive

2. (intransitive) To live in barracks.intransitive

verb (English)

1. (British, transitive) To jeer and heckle; to attempt to disconcert by verbal means.Examples: "I knew that he had been barracked at times, but I did not realise that he was so sensitive."; "Some people stopped concentrating on the piece altogether, some started barracking and heckling, while others began chatting to one another."; "Its basic tenet was to say that if those Arsenal supporters who barracked the board at home games could do any better, let them come forward, put some money in the club, and have a go at being directors themselves. In short, ‘Put up or shut up’, which, of course, only encouraged Johnny and One-armed Lou to heckle the Arsenal board even more. Dear old Dennis, he had no idea the barracking he and his fellow Arsenal directors suffered at every home game came from Spurs supporters."Synonyms: badger, jeer, tease, make fun ofBritishtransitive

2. (Australia, New Zealand, intransitive) To cheer for or support a team.Examples: "The only really unique aspect of Australian barracking is its idiom, the distinctive language and humour involved."; "I had by then explained to him my custom of occasionally listening to Australian Rules Football on our shortwave radio of a Saturday afternoon; how, despite my barracking for Essendon, I thought a player from Geelong, Gary Ablett, the best I had ever seen."; "‘So to me barracking for the footy I identified with my father, although nobody barracked for Essendon.’"Synonyms: cheer, root forAustraliaNew-Zealandintransitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "barrack"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "barrack"?

Scrabble
15 points
B3
A1
R1
R1
A1
C3
K5
Words With Friends
17 points
B4
A1
R1
R1
A1
C4
K5

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