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Is slack a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word slack is a Scrabble US word. The word slack is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is slack a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word slack is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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5-letter words (3 found)

CALKS,LACKS,SLACK,

4-letter words (6 found)

CALK,CALS,CASK,LACK,LACS,SACK,

3-letter words (9 found)

ALS,ASK,CAL,KAS,LAC,LAS,SAC,SAL,SKA,

2-letter words (4 found)

AL,AS,KA,LA,

You can make 22 words from slack according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of slack

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Definitions and meaning of slack

slack

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slæk/
  • Rhymes: -æk

Etymology 1

From Middle English slak, from Old English slæc (“slack”), from Proto-Germanic *slakaz. For sense of coal dust, compare slag.

Noun

slack (countable and uncountable, plural slacks)

  1. (uncountable) The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.
  2. (countable) A tidal marsh or shallow that periodically fills and drains.
  3. (uncountable, psychotherapy) Unconditional listening attention given by client to patient.
  4. Attributive form of slacks (“semi-formal trousers”).
Synonyms
  • (tidal marsh): slough
Derived terms
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Adjective

slack (comparative slacker, superlative slackest)

  1. (normally said of a rope) Lax; not tense; not firmly extended.
  2. Weak; not holding fast.
  3. Moderate in some capacity.
    1. Moderately warm.
    2. Moderate in speed.
  4. Lacking diligence or care; not earnest or eager.
  5. Not active or busy, successful, or violent.
  6. Excess; surplus to requirements.
  7. (slang, Caribbean, Jamaica) Vulgar; sexually explicit, especially in dancehall music.
  8. (linguistics) Lax.
Synonyms
  • (not violent, rapid, or pressing): slow, moderate, easy
Derived terms
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Adverb

slack (not comparable)

  1. Slackly.
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English slakken, slaken, from Old English slacian, from Proto-Germanic *slakōną (“to slack, slacken”).

Verb

slack (third-person singular simple present slacks, present participle slacking, simple past and past participle slacked)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To slacken.
  2. (obsolete) To mitigate; to reduce the strength of.
  3. To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake.
Derived terms
  • slack off
  • slack up
Translations

Etymology 3

Either from the adjective in Etymology 1 or the verb in Etymology 2.

Noun

slack (plural slacks)

  1. (rail transport) A temporary speed restriction where track maintenance or engineering work is being carried out at a particular place.

Etymology 4

From Middle English slak, from Old Norse slakki (“a slope”). Cognate with Icelandic slakki, Norwegian slakke.

Noun

slack (plural slacks)

  2. (countable) A valley, or small, shallow dell.
  3. A flat-bottomed, hollow zone within a sand-dune system that has developed over impervious strata. The slack may result from erosion or blow-out of the dune system, and the flat base level is therefore close to or at the permanent water-table level. Consequently (dune) slacks have rich, marshy flora, with Salix species (willows) as typical woody colonisers.

Etymology 5

Probably from German Schlacke (“dross, slag”). Doublet of slag.

Noun

slack (uncountable)

  1. (mining) Small coal; coal dust.
    Synonym: culm
Derived terms
  • nutty slack
  • slack tub

Anagrams

  • calks, kcals, lacks

Source: wiktionary.org