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HACKLE

“HACKLE” is a valid word.

15 Scrabble points
16 Words with Friends
6 letters

Definition

noun

  1. long slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasants

verb

  1. comb with a heckle

< 6-letter words: HACKLE

5-letter words 4

  • chalka soft whitish calcite
  • leachthe process of leaching
  • chelaa Hindu disciple of a swami
  • haceka diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation

4-letter words 17

  • each(used of count nouns) every one considered individually
  • cakea block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
  • lakea body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
  • lackthe state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
  • heck
  • healheal or recover
  • leakan accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape
  • hackone who works hard at boring tasks
  • alec
  • halea soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy by the British; his last words were supposed to have been `I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country' (1755-1776)
  • lacea cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)
  • achea dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
  • lakhthe cardinal number that is the fifth power of ten
  • kaleinformal terms for money
  • lechman with strong sexual desires
  • hakethe lean flesh of a fish similar to cod
  • calka metal cleat on the bottom front of a horseshoe to prevent slipping

3-letter words 10

  • acethe smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
  • alea general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
  • leaa unit of length of thread or yarn
  • hae
  • elklarge northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in Europe and `moose' in North America
  • lacresinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects; used in e.g. varnishes and sealing wax
  • lekthe basic unit of money in Albania
  • kealarge brownish-green New Zealand parrot
  • kae
  • cel

2-letter words 9

  • hea very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases (as those found in Texas and Kansas)
  • ah
  • ha(astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
  • eh
  • laa white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth
  • ala silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite
  • elangular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
  • kaunknown god; an epithet of Prajapati and Brahma
  • ae