1. Home
  2. Scrabble Dictionary. Word Meaning and Points

Hacking in Scrabble and Meaning

Lookup Word Points and Definitions

What does hacking mean? Is hacking a Scrabble word?

How many points in Scrabble is hacking worth? hacking how many points in Words With Friends? What does hacking mean? Get all these answers on this page.

Scrabble® and Words with Friends® points for hacking

See how to calculate how many points for hacking.

Is hacking a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word hacking is a Scrabble US word. The word hacking is worth 17 points in Scrabble:

H4A1C3K5I1N1G2

Is hacking a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word hacking is a Scrabble UK word and has 17 points:

H4A1C3K5I1N1G2

Is hacking a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word hacking is a Words With Friends word. The word hacking is worth 19 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

H3A1C4K5I1N2G3

Our tools

Valid words made from Hacking

Jump to...

Results

7-letter words (1 found)

HACKING,

6-letter words (2 found)

ACHING,CAKING,

5-letter words (17 found)

ACING,AHING,AKING,ANIGH,CHAIN,CHANG,CHANK,CHINA,CHING,CHINK,GANCH,GINCH,HAICK,HANGI,KAING,KIANG,NIKAH,

4-letter words (32 found)

AGIN,AKIN,ANKH,CAIN,CANG,CHAI,CHIA,CHIK,CHIN,GACH,GAIN,GINK,HACK,HAIK,HAIN,HANG,HANK,HICK,HING,IKAN,INCH,KAIN,KANG,KHAN,KINA,KING,KNAG,NACH,NAIK,NGAI,NICK,NIGH,

3-letter words (26 found)

ACH,AHI,AIN,ANI,CAG,CAN,CHA,CHI,CIG,GAK,GAN,GHI,GIN,HAG,HAN,HIC,HIN,ICH,ICK,ING,INK,KAI,KHI,KIN,NAG,NAH,

2-letter words (12 found)

AG,AH,AI,AN,CH,GI,HA,HI,IN,KA,KI,NA,

You can make 90 words from hacking according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of hacking

hacking

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhækɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ækɪŋ

Etymology 1

From Middle English *hackynge, hackande, hakand, equivalent to hack +‎ -ing.

Adjective

hacking (comparative more hacking, superlative most hacking)

  1. Short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacky.
    A hacking cough. A hacking laugh. A hacking breath. A hacking cry.
Usage notes

Most non-creative collocations are the phrases given as examples.

Derived terms
  • hacking cough
  • hackingly
Translations

Verb

hacking

  1. present participle and gerund of hack

Etymology 2

From Middle English hackynge, hakkynge, hacckinge, equivalent to hack +‎ -ing.

Noun

hacking (usually uncountable, plural hackings)

  1. (computing) Playful solving of technical work that requires deep understanding, especially of a computer system.
  2. (computing) Unauthorized attempts to bypass the security mechanisms of an information system or network. See also cracker.
  3. (pathology) A dry coughing; the emission of a succession of short coughs.
  4. (sports, chiefly American football, soccer, rugby) A kick in the shins.
  5. (massage) The act of striking the muscles with the side of the hand.
  6. (UK, countable) A riding or journey on horseback.
  7. (obsolete) The operation of working over the faces of rough or worn grindstones with a hack-hammer.
  8. (obsolete, masonry) The separation of a course of stones into two smaller courses, when there are not enough large stones to form a single course.
  9. (obsolete, gem-cutting) The cuts and grooves made in the metal laps by holding the cutting edge of a steel blade against them while in motion, for the purpose of providing receptacles or pockets for the powders using in cutting and polishing gems.
  10. (obsolete, brick-making) The piling of bricks for drying.
Derived terms
Translations

See also

  • pirate

References

  • “hacking”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “hacking” in Harrap's Shorter, 2006, p. 416
  • “hacking” in Concise English Dictionary, Wordsworth, 2007, p. 405
  • “hacking” at Wordnik

Anagrams

  • ka-ching, kaching

French

Pronunciation

Noun

hacking m (plural hackings)

  1. hacking

Spanish

Noun

hacking m (uncountable)

  1. (computing) hacking

Source: wiktionary.org