Scrabble & Words with friends points
- tacks is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 11
- tacks is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 11
- tacks is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 12
Definition of tacks
- gear for a horse (noun)
Synonyms
- saddlery
- stable gear
- reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) (verb)
Synonyms
- alternate
- flip
- flip-flop
- interchange
- switch
- turn into the wind (verb)
Examples
- The sailors decided to tack the boat
- The boat tacked
Synonyms
- wear round
- (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind (noun)
Synonyms
- mainsheet
- sheet
- shroud
- weather sheet
- (nautical) the act of changing tack (noun)
Synonyms
- tacking
- create by putting components or members together (verb)
Examples
- He tacked together some verses
Synonyms
- assemble
- piece
- put together
- set up
- tack together
- sew together loosely, with large stitches (verb)
Synonyms
- baste
- fix to; attach (verb)
Synonyms
- append
- hang on
- tack on
- tag on
- a short nail with a sharp point and a large head (noun)
- fasten with tacks (verb)
Examples
- tack the notice on the board
- sailing a zigzag course (noun)
- the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails (noun)
See definition of tacks in Merriam Webster