thack

Plural: thacks

Verb

Verb Forms: thacked, thacking, thacks

To cover a roof or building with thatch.
To strike or thump (someone or something); to thwack.
To cover a roof with thack.

Noun

A stroke; a thwack.
The weatherproof outer layer of a roof, often specifically thatch.

Intj

The sound of a thack.

Examples

He managed to thack a useful ’K’ onto an existing word for a high score.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English thakken (“to stroke”), from Old English þaccian (“to touch gently, stroke, tap”), from Proto-West Germanic *þakwōn, from Proto-Germanic *þakwōną (“to touch lightly”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- (“to touch”).
Cognate with Old Dutch þakolōn (“to stroke”), Old Norse þykkr (“a thwack, thump, blow”), Icelandic þjökka, þjaka (“to thwack, thump, beat”), Norwegian tjåka (“to strike, beat”), Latin tangō (“touch”). More at thwack, tangent.

Scrabble Score: 14

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

Words With Friends Score: 14

thack: valid Words With Friends Word