What TACKING Means
- noun: a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together
- noun: (nautical) the act of changing tack
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
TACKING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as T1 A1 C3 K5 I1 N1 G2.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 64 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In TACKING
97 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.
6 letter words (5)
5 letter words (10)
4 letter words (36)
AGINAKINANTICAINCANGCANTGAINGAITGANTGINKGNATIKANIKATKAINKANGKANTKATIKINAKINGKNAGKNITNAIKNGAINICKTACKTAIGTAINTAKITANGTANKTIANTICKTIKATINATINGTINK
3 letter words (34)
ACTAINAITANIANTCAGCANCATCIGCITGAKGANGATGINGITICKINGINKITAKAIKATKINKITNAGNATNITTAGTAITAKTANTICTIGTIKTIN
2 letter words (12)
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