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Is hack a Scrabble word?

Yes, hack is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 13 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of hack?

Definition

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To chop or cut down in a rough manner.Examples: "They hacked the brush down and made their way through the jungle."; "Among other things he found a sharp hunting knife, on the keen blade of which he immediately proceeded to cut his finger. Undaunted he continued his experiments, finding that he could hack and hew splinters of wood from the table and chairs with this new toy."; "The ruthless practices of the Ontario Film Censor Board are by now the laughing stock of most of the world. Scenes that contain more flesh or affection than they find savoury are simply hacked out of the film before it is released."transitive

2. (computing) To make a quick code change to patch a computer program, often one that, while being effective, is inelegant or makes the program harder to maintain.Examples: "I hacked in a fix for this bug, but we'll still have to do a real fix later."Synonyms: frob, tweak, kludge, bodge

3. (computing) To accomplish a difficult programming task.Examples: "He can hack like no one else and make the program work as expected."; "The police said that officers belonging to the Cyber Security and Technology Crime unit searched an office in the Wong Chuk Hang neighborhood on Friday afternoon on the suspicion that computers at the institute had been hacked, leading to a leak of personal information."

4. (computing, slang, transitive) To work with something on an intimately technical level.Examples: "I'm currently hacking distributed garbage collection."slangtransitive

5. (transitive, colloquial, by extension) To apply a trick, shortcut, skill, or novel method to something to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.Examples: "I read up on dating tips so I can hack my sex life."broadlycolloquialtransitive

6. (transitive, slang, computing) To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to (a computer system, e.g., a website, or network) by manipulating code.Synonyms: crackslangtransitive

noun (English)

1. (figuratively) A try, an attempt.Synonyms: crackcountablefigurativelyuncountable

2. (curling) The foothold traditionally cut into the ice from which the person who throws the rock pushes off for delivery.countableuncountable

3. (obsolete) A mattock or a miner's pickaxe.countableobsoleteuncountable

4. (informal) An improvised device or solution to a problem.Examples: "Luckily for us J company picked us up in their hack — two snowmobiles with a big inflatable raft strapped between them."countableinformaluncountable

5. (computing, slang) An expedient, temporary solution, such as a small patch or change to code, meant to be replaced with a more elegant solution at a later date; a workaround.Examples: "Valleysoft released a hack yesterday to fix the "crashes when more than 50 recipients" bug for people who need it right away. The company says its next release will also solve this as well as add new features."Synonyms: band-aid, contrivance, improvision, improvisation, kludge, makeshift, quick fix, patchcountableslanguncountable

6. (computing, slang, dated) A computer programmer who makes quick but inelegant changes to computer code to solve problems or add features.Examples: "Tsang is great but Zhou is such a hack — I wouldn't want him on my project."countabledatedslanguncountable

noun (English)

1. (falconry) A board upon which the falcon's food is placed; used by extension for the state of partial freedom in which they are kept before being trained.

verb (English)

1. (falconry) To keep (young hawks) in a state of partial freedom, before they are trained.

noun (English)

1. (derogatory) Someone who is available for hire; hireling, mercenary.derogatory

2. (slang) The driver of a taxicab (hackney cab).slang

3. (now chiefly Canada, US, colloquial) A vehicle let for hire; originally, a hackney cab, now typically a taxicab.Examples: "On horse, on foot, in hacks and gilded chariots."; "The interurban wasn't running because of the holiday, and the hacks, if there were any, would have been clustered round the Post Tavern at the other end of town."CanadaUScolloquial

4. (derogatory, authorship) An untalented writer.Examples: "Dason is nothing but a two-bit hack."; "He's nothing but the typical hack writer."derogatory

5. (derogatory) One who is professionally successful despite producing mediocre work. (Usually applied to persons in a creative field.)derogatory

6. (derogatory) A talented writer-for-hire, paid to put others' thoughts into felicitous language.derogatory

verb (English)

1. (dated) To make common or cliched; to vulgarise.dated

2. (equestrianism) To ride a horse at a regular pace; to ride on a road (as opposed to riding cross-country etc.).

3. (obsolete) To live the life of a drudge or hack.Examples: "Poor madam , now condemn'd to hack The rest of life with anxious Jack"obsolete

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "hack"?

Scrabble
13 points
H4
A1
C3
K5
Words With Friends
13 points
H3
A1
C4
K5

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