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HACKLING

8 letters

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Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 11 pts

HACKLING is a valid 8-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 11 in Classic, 11 in Big, and 11 in Super Big Boggle.

HACKLING root HACKLE

Word family

HACKLE 3 HACKLES-s 5 HACKLED-d 5
noun
  1. countableuncountableAn instrument with steel pins used to comb out flax or hemp.
  2. countableuncountableusuallyOne of the long, narrow feathers on the neck of birds, most noticeable on the rooster.
  3. countableuncountableA feather used to make a fishing lure or a fishing lure incorporating a feather.
  4. countableuncountableusuallyBy extension (because the hackles of a rooster are lifted when it is angry), the hair on the nape of the neck in dogs and other animals; also used figuratively for humans.
    • When the dog got angry, his hackles rose and he growled.
  5. countableuncountableA type of jagged crack extending inwards from the broken surface of a fractured material.
  6. countableuncountableA plate with rows of pointed needles used to blend or straighten hair.
  7. countableuncountableA feather plume on some soldier's uniforms, especially the hat or helmet.
  8. countableuncountableAny flimsy substance unspun, such as raw silk.
  9. slanguncountablePluck; courage or energy.
verb
  1. To dress (flax or hemp) with a hackle; to prepare fibres of flax or hemp for spinning.
  2. transitiveTo separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel.
  3. archaictransitiveTo tear asunder; to break into pieces.