cackle
NOUNVERB
/kækəl/
6 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH C
cackle is a valid 6-letter word worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
C3A1C3K5L1E1
3 + 1 + 3 + 5 + 1 + 1 =14 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 28TRIPLE WORD → 42
MEANING
What does cackle mean?
NOUN · 3 SENSES
1
Noisy talk.
SYNONYMS
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2
A loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle.
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3
The sound made by a hen after laying an egg.
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VERB · 3 SENSES
1
Emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing.
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2
Squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens.
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3
Talk or utter in a cackling manner.
“The women cackled when they saw the movie star step out of the limousine”
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