crack
crack is a valid 5-letter word worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
What does crack mean?
A purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive.
A long narrow depression in a surface.
A sudden sharp noise.
“the crack of a whip”
“he heard the cracking of the ice”
The act of cracking something.
A blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts.
“there was a crack in the mirror”
A long narrow opening.
A usually brief attempt.
“he took a crack at it”
A narrow opening.
“he opened the window a crack”
A chance to do something.
Witty remark.
Pass through (a barrier).
“Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county”
Make a sharp sound.
Break into simpler molecules by means of heat.
“The petroleum cracked”
Break partially but keep its integrity.
“The glass cracked”
Cause to become cracked.
“heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair”
Gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions.
“she cracked my password”
“crack a safe”
Hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise.
“The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler”
Make a very sharp explosive sound.
“His gun cracked”
Reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking.
Tell spontaneously.
“crack a joke”
Become fractured; break or crack on the surface only.
“The glass cracked when it was heated”
Suffer a nervous breakdown.
Break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension.
Of the highest quality.
“a crack shot”