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Hacks

/hæks/

Scrabble:14 ptsWWF:14 pts5 letters
Definition of Hacks

noun

  1. A tool for chopping.
  2. A hacking blow.
  3. A gouge or notch made by such a blow.
  4. A dry cough.
  5. A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.

verb

  1. To chop or cut down in a rough manner.

    "They hacked the brush down and made their way through the jungle."

  2. To cough noisily.

    "This cold is awful. I can't stop hacking."

  3. To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.

    "Can you hack it out here with no electricity or running water?"

  4. To make a quick code change to patch a computer program, often one that, while being effective, is inelegant or makes the program harder to maintain.

    "I hacked in a fix for this bug, but we'll still have to do a real fix later."

  5. To accomplish a difficult programming task.

    "He can hack like no one else and make the program work as expected."

noun

  1. A board which the falcon's food is placed on; used by extension for the state of partial freedom in which they are kept before being trained.
  2. A food-rack for cattle.
  3. A rack used to dry something, such as bricks, fish, or cheese.
  4. A grating in a mill race.

verb

  1. To lay (bricks) on a rack to dry.
  2. To keep (young hawks) in a state of partial freedom, before they are trained.

noun

  1. A horse for hire, especially one which is old and tired.
  2. A person, often a journalist, hired to do routine work.

    "I got by on hack work for years before I finally published my novel."

  3. Someone who is available for hire; hireling, mercenary.
  4. A taxicab (hackney cab) driver.
  5. A vehicle let for hire; originally, a hackney coach, now typically a taxicab.

verb

  1. To make common or cliched; to vulgarise.
  2. To ride a horse at a regular pace; to ride on a road (as opposed to riding cross-country etc.).
  3. To be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to turn prostitute.
  4. To live the life of a drudge or hack.
  5. To use as a hack; to let out for hire.

noun

  1. A small ball usually made of woven cotton or suede and filled with rice, sand or some other filler, for use in hackeysack.

verb

  1. To play hackeysack.
Anagrams of Hacks

1 word can be made by rearranging all the letters of "hacks":

shack

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "hacks" and rearranging:

+ehaceks
+lchalks
+oshacko
+rcharks
+sshacks
+tthacks
+wwhacks
Related Word Patterns
HA...Words starting with "ha"...KSWords ending with "ks"All 5-letter wordsUnscramble "hacks"
Synonyms & Antonyms
Letter Values
h4
a1
c3
k5
s1

Total: 14 Scrabble points

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Rhymes With Hacks
aardvarksabelmosksafterdecksaftershocksairchecksairparksalmanacksalpenstocksamberjacksamoksamtracksamucks
Related 5-Letter Words
haafshaarshabithabushacekhadalhadedhadeshadjihadsthaemshaetshafizhaftshahas

Word Validity & Sources

SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024

Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.

About the Word "Hacks"

Hacks is a 5-letter word that scores 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "hacks" can be rearranged to form 1 other valid word.

Using "Hacks" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "hacks" is a medium-scoring word.