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tack

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Is tack a Scrabble word?

Yes, tack is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 10 points in Scrabble.

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

What is the meaning of tack?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (sewing) A loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth.countableuncountable

2. (nautical) The lower corner on the leading edge of a sail relative to the direction of the wind.countableuncountable

3. (nautical) A course or heading that enables a sailing vessel to head upwind.countableuncountable

4. (figurative) A direction or course of action, especially a new one; a method or approach to solving a problem.Examples: "So stoutly held to tack by those near North-wales men;"; "Maud Gonne’s letter about taking them off O’Connell street at night: disgrace to our Irish capital. Griffith’s paper is on the same tack now: an army rotten with venereal disease: overseas or halfseasover empire."; "I thought that my refusing Barnard would alienate Botha, and decided that such a tack was too risky."countablefigurativelyuncountable

5. (nautical) The maneuver by which a sailing vessel turns its bow through the wind so that the wind changes from one side to the other.Synonyms: coming aboutcountableuncountable

6. (nautical) The distance a sailing vessel runs between these maneuvers when working to windward; a board.countableuncountable

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To nail (something) with a tack (small nail with a flat head).transitive

2. (nautical) To maneuver a sailing vessel so that its bow turns through the wind, i.e. the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other.Synonyms: change tackAntonyms: wear

3. (intransitive, nautical) To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.Synonyms: beatAntonyms: runintransitive

4. (slang, obsolete) To join in wedlock.obsoleteslang

noun (English)

1. (obsolete) A peculiar flavour or taint.Examples: "a musty tack"obsolete

noun (English)

1. (colloquial) That which is tacky; something cheap and gaudy.Examples: "For souvenirs – mostly outright tack and ethnicky textiles – try your bargaining skills at the shops and stalls on Binjiang Luand Zhengyang Jie, or the nightly street market spreading for about a block either side of Shanhu Bridge along Zhongshan Lu."colloquialuncountable

noun (English)

1. (law, Scotland and Northern England) A contract by which the use of a thing is set, or let, for hire; a lease.Examples: "In the Breadalbane papers, for example, there is a "tack" which was given by Sir John Campbell of Glenurchy to his "weil belouit" servant John M'Conoquhy V'Gregour, in the year 1530."Northern-EnglandScotland

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "tack"?

Scrabble
10 points
T1
A1
C3
K5
Words With Friends
11 points
T1
A1
C4
K5

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