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Is hacker a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word hacker is a Scrabble US word. The word hacker is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

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Is hacker a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word hacker is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

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Yes. The word hacker is a Words With Friends word. The word hacker is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

HACKER,

5-letter words (9 found)

ACKER,CHARE,CHARK,CHEKA,CRAKE,CREAK,HACEK,RACHE,REACH,

4-letter words (23 found)

ACER,ACHE,ACRE,ARCH,CAKE,CARE,CARK,CHAR,CHER,EACH,HACK,HAKE,HARE,HARK,HEAR,HECK,RACE,RACH,RACK,RAKE,REAK,RECK,RHEA,

3-letter words (20 found)

ACE,ACH,AKE,ARC,ARE,ARK,CAR,CHA,CHE,EAR,ECH,ERA,ERK,HAE,HER,KAE,KEA,RAH,REC,REH,

2-letter words (11 found)

AE,AH,AR,CH,EA,EH,ER,HA,HE,KA,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 65 words from hacker according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of hacker

hacker

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hækə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /hækəɹ/
  • Rhymes: -ækə(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: hack‧er

Etymology 1

From Late Middle English hackere, hakker, hakkere (“one who cuts wood, woodchopper, woodcutter; (rare) tool for cutting wood”), from hakken, hacke (“to cut (something) with a chopping action, hack; to make a chopping action”) + -er(e) (suffix forming agent nouns). Hakken is derived from Old English haccian (“to hack”), from Proto-West Germanic *hakkōn (“to chop, hack”), from Proto-Germanic *hakkōną (“to chop, hack”), from Proto-Indo-European *keg-, *keng- (“to be sharp; a handle; a hook; a peg”). The English word may be analysed as hack (“to chop or cut down in a rough manner”) +‎ -er (suffix forming agent nouns).

Noun

hacker (plural hackers)

  1. Someone who hacks.
    1. One who cuts with heavy or rough blows.
      Synonyms: cutter, slasher
    2. One who is inexperienced or unskilled at a particular activity, especially (sports, originally and chiefly golf), a sport such as golf or tennis.
    3. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) One who is consistent and focuses on accomplishing one or more tasks.
    4. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) One who kicks roughly or wildly.
    6. (computer security, telecommunications) One who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems.
      Synonyms: black hat, (outside US) cracker
      1. (by extension, computer security, telecommunications) Synonym of white hat (“a computer security professional who hacks computers for a good cause, or to aid a company, organization, or government without causing harm (for example, to identify security flaws)”)
      2. (by extension, video games, slang) Someone who cheats or gains an unfair advantage in a video game by means of a disallowed modification to the game.
        Hyponym: aimbotter
    8. (computing, dated) One who is expert at programming and solving problems with a computer.
      1. (by extension) One who applies a novel method, shortcut, skill, or trick to something to increase ease, efficiency, or productivity.
    9. (obsolete) Synonym of hackster (“a violent bully or ruffian; also, an assassin, a murderer”)
  2. Something that hacks; a device or tool for hacking; specifically, an axe used for cutting tree branches or wood.
    1. (UK, regional) A fork-shaped tool used to harvest root vegetables.
Usage notes
  • Some computer enthusiasts object to the use of the word hacker for a person who breaks into computer systems (sense 1.5), preferring cracker for this sense.
Derived terms
Related terms
  • hacktivist (computer security)
Descendants
Translations

Etymology 2

Possibly from hack(ney cab) (“carriage pulled by a hackney horse, or motorized vehicle, available for public hire”) +‎ -er (suffix forming agent nouns).

Noun

hacker (plural hackers)

  1. (US, road transport) One who operates a taxicab; a cabdriver.
    Synonyms: cabbie, cabman, taxi driver
Translations

Etymology 3

From hack (“(obsolete) to confuse or mangle (words) when speaking”) +‎ -er (suffix forming frequentative verbs).

Verb

hacker (third-person singular simple present hackers, present participle hackering, simple past and past participle hackered)

  1. (intransitive, chiefly UK, dialectal, archaic) To speak with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds; to stammer, to stutter; also, to mumble and procrastinate in one's speech; to hem and haw.
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References

Further reading

  • hacker on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • hacker (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • G. Malkin, T. LaQuey Parker, editors (1993 January), “hacker”, in RFC 1392 – Internet Users’ Glossary‎[7], archived from the original on 2023-02-12.
  • Eric S[teven] Raymond, editor (2003 December 29), “hacker”, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7‎[8], archived from the original on 2023-09-07.

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English hacker.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɦɛkr̩]
  • IPA(key): [ˈɦɛkɛr]

Noun

hacker m anim (related adjective hackerský)

  1. hacker (one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data, or to carry out malicious attacks)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • hacker in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English hacker, equivalent to hacke +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhaɡ̊ɐ]

Noun

hacker c (singular definite hackeren, plural indefinite hackere)

  1. (computing) hacker

Declension

Verb

hacker

  1. present of hacke

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English hacker.

Pronunciation

  • (Netherlands) IPA(key): /ˈɦɛ.kər/
  • Hyphenation: hac‧ker
  • Rhymes: -ɛkər

Noun

hacker m (plural hackers)

  1. A hacker.

Related terms

  • hack
  • hacken

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ke/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English hacker.

Noun

hacker m (plural hackers)

  1. (computing) hacker
    Synonym: hackeur

Etymology 2

From English hack +‎ -er.

Verb

hacker

  1. (computing) to hack
Conjugation

Hungarian

Alternative forms

  • hekker

Etymology

Borrowed from English hacker.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhɛkːɛr]
  • Hyphenation: ha‧cker
  • Rhymes: -ɛr

Noun

hacker (plural hackerek)

  1. (computing) hacker (one who is expert at programming and solving problems with a computer)
  2. (computing) hacker (one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data, or to carry out malicious attacks)

Declension

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • ráquer

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hacker.

Pronunciation

Noun

hacker m or f by sense (plural hackers)

  1. (computing) hacker (one who is expert at programming and solving problems with a computer)
  2. (computing) hacker (one who uses a computer to gain unauthorised access to data)

Derived terms

  • hackear

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hacker.

Noun

hacker m (plural hackeri)

  1. hacker

Declension

Spanish

Alternative forms

  • hácker, jáquer

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hacker.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxakeɾ/ [ˈxa.keɾ]
  • Rhymes: -akeɾ

Noun

hacker m or f by sense (plural hackers or hacker)

  1. (computing) hacker

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “hacker”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
  • “hacker” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.

Source: wiktionary.org