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SHACK

5 letters, 14 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What SHACK Means

  1. verb: make one's home in a particular place or community“my parents reside in Florida”
  2. verb: move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly“John trailed behind his class mates”
  3. noun: small crude shelter used as a dwelling

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SHACK is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 H4 A1 C3 K5.

Anagrams of SHACK (1)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In SHACK

22 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

4 letter words (6)

3 letter words (10)

2 letter words (6)

Longer Words Containing SHACK

SHACK appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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