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hackney

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Is hackney a Scrabble word?

Yes, hackney is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 19 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of hackney?

Definition

name (English)

1. (in compounds) (means of transportation): see hackney.in-compounds

noun (English)

1. (archaic) An ordinary horse.archaiccountableuncountable

2. (archaic) A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.archaiccountableuncountable

3. (archaic, uncountable) Inferior writing; literary hackwork.Examples: "Not that the existence of Grub street is to be doubted: it was, indeed, a grim actuality, and many a garreter realised by experience How unhappy's the fate To live by one's pate And to be forced to write hackney for bread."archaicuncountable

adj (English)

1. (figuratively) Much used; trite; mean.Examples: "hackney authors"; "his accumulative and hackney tongue"figurativelynot-comparable

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To make uninteresting or trite by frequent use.transitive

2. (transitive) To use as a hackney.transitive

3. (transitive) To carry in a hackney coach.Examples: "[…] To her, who, frugal only that her thrift / May feed excesses she can ill afford, / Is hackneyed home unlackeyed; […]"transitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "hackney"?

Scrabble
19 points
H4
A1
C3
K5
N1
E1
Y4
Words With Friends
19 points
H3
A1
C4
K5
N2
E1
Y4

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