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TACK

4 letters

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Classic 1 pts
Big 1 pts
Super Big 1 pts

TACK is a valid 4-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 1 in Classic, 1 in Big, and 1 in Super Big Boggle.

Word family

TACKS-s 2 TACHE 2 TACKING-ing 5 TACKED-ed 3

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TACKINGS 11
noun
  1. countableuncountableA small nail with a flat head.
  2. countableuncountableA thumbtack.
  3. countableuncountableA loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth.
  4. countableuncountableThe lower corner on the leading edge of a sail relative to the direction of the wind.
  5. countableuncountableA course or heading that enables a sailing vessel to head upwind.
  6. countablefigurativelyuncountableA direction or course of action, especially a new one; a method or approach to solving a problem.
  7. countableuncountableThe maneuver by which a sailing vessel turns its bow through the wind so that the wind changes from one side to the other.
  8. countableuncountableThe distance a sailing vessel runs between these maneuvers when working to windward; a board.
  9. countableuncountableA rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is close-hauled; also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom.
  10. countableuncountableAny of the various equipment and accessories worn by horses in the course of their use as domesticated animals.
  11. countableuncountableThe stickiness of a compound, related to its cohesive and adhesive properties.
    • The laminate adhesive has very aggressive tack and is hard to move once in place.
  12. countableuncountableFood generally; fare, especially of the hard bread or breadlike kind.
  13. countableuncountableThat which is attached; a supplement; an appendix.
  14. countableobsoleteuncountableConfidence; reliance.
  15. A stain; a tache.
  16. obsoleteA peculiar flavour or taint.
    • a musty tack
  17. colloquialuncountableThat which is tacky; something cheap and gaudy.
  18. ScotlandA contract by which the use of a thing is set, or let, for hire; a lease.
verb
  1. transitiveTo nail (something) with a tack (small nail with a flat head).
  2. To sew/stitch with a tack (loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth).
  3. To weld with initial small welds to temporarily fasten in preparation for full welding.
  4. To maneuver a sailing vessel so that its bow turns through the wind, i.e. the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other.
  5. intransitiveTo sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
  6. To add something as an extra item.
    • to tack (something) onto (something)
  7. Synonym of tack up (“to prepare a horse for riding by equipping it with a tack”).
  8. obsoleteslangTo join in wedlock.