shack

Plural: shacks

Noun

A roughly built hut or cabin; a shanty.
small crude shelter used as a dwelling
A crude, roughly built hut or cabin.
Any poorly constructed or poorly furnished building.
The room from which a ham radio operator transmits.
Grain fallen to the ground and left after harvest.
Nuts which have fallen to the ground.
Freedom to pasturage in order to feed upon shack.
A shiftless fellow; a low, itinerant beggar; a vagabond; a tramp.
Bait that can be picked up at sea.
A drink, especially an alcoholic one.

Verb

make one's home in a particular place or community
move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly
To live (in or with); to shack up.
To shed or fall, as corn or grain at harvest.
To feed in stubble, or upon waste.
To wander as a vagabond or tramp.
To hibernate; to go into winter quarters.
To drink, especially alcohol.

Adj

Alternative form of shag (“exhausted; tiring”).

Examples

He built a figurative SHACK of low-scoring words, hoping to block his opponent.

Origin / Etymology

Unknown. Some authorities derive this word from Mexican Spanish jacal, from Nahuatl xacalli (“adobe hut”).
Alternatively, the word may instead come from ramshackle/ramshackly (e.g., old ramshackly house) or perhaps it may be a back-formation from shackly.

Synonyms

domicile, domiciliate, hovel, hut, hutch, reside, shanty, trail

Scrabble Score: 14

shack: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
shack: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
shack: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

shack: valid Words With Friends Word