What TACKY Means
- adjective: (of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch“tacky varnish”
- adjective: tastelessly showy“a flash car”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
TACKY 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 T1 A1 C3 K5 Y4.
Words Made From The Letters In TACKY
19 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 (5)
3 letter words (8)
2 letter words (6)
Longer Words Containing TACKY
TACKY appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.