hack

VERBNOUN /hæk/
4 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH H

hack is a valid 4-letter word worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
H4A1C3K5
4 + 1 + 3 + 5 =13 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 26TRIPLE WORD → 39
MEANING

What does hack mean?

VERB · 8 SENSES
1

Cough spasmodically.

“The patient with emphysema is hacking all day”

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BROADER
2

Cut away.

“he hacked his way through the forest”

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3

Kick on the arms.

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4

Kick on the shins.

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5

Cut with a hacking tool.

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NARROWER
6

Be able to manage or manage successfully.

“I can't hack it anymore”

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7

Significantly cut up a manuscript.

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8

Fix a computer program piecemeal until it works.

“I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best”

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RELATED
NOUN · 8 SENSES
1

A politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends.

2

A horse kept for hire.

3

A saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.

4

A tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil.

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5

An old or over-worked horse.

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6

A car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money.

7

A mediocre and disdained writer.

8

One who works hard at boring tasks.

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Anagrams of hack

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