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Term: tack

All the wordplay possibilities with the word "tack": spelling, phonetic, and semantic.

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tack

Definitions

Noun

  1. The heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails
  2. A short nail with a sharp point and a large head
  3. Gear for a horse
  4. (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
  5. (nautical) the act of changing tack
  6. Sailing a zigzag course

Verb

  1. Fasten with tacks
  2. Turn into the wind
  3. Create by putting components or members together
  4. Sew together loosely, with large stitches
  5. Fix to; attach
  6. Reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "tack".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 attack 2 105
2 attacked 2 25
3 attacks 2 22
4 tackle 2 10
5 attacking 3 9
6 stack 1 9
7 stacked 1 9
8 attacker 3 6
9 post-attack 3 5
10 tack 1 4
11 attackers 3 3
12 counterattack 4 3
13 stacking 2 2
14 tacked 1 2
15 tacking 2 2
16 haystack 2 1
17 haystacks 2 1
18 stacks 1 1
19 tackles 2 1
20 counterattacked 4 0
21 counterattacking 5 0
22 counterattacks 4 0
23 hackmatack 3 0
24 smokestack 2 0
25 smokestacks 2 0
26 stacker 2 0
27 stackhouse 2 0
28 stackpole 2 0
29 tacke 1 0
30 tacker 2 0
31 tackett 2 0
32 tackitt 2 0
33 tackled 2 0
34 tackling 2 0
35 tacks 1 0
36 tacky 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "tack".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 attack 2 105
2 stack 1 9
3 ptak 1 0
4 stac 1 0
5 tac 1 0
6 tacke 1 0
7 tak 1 0

Spelled Like

Words that are spelled similarly to the term "tack".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 attack 2 105
2 track 1 38
3 tracks 1 12
4 tackle 2 10
5 stack 1 9
6 tacked 1 2
7 stacks 1 1
8 tacky 2 0
9 tacks 1 0
10 tacke 1 0
11 tak 1 0
12 tac 1 0
13 ack 1 0
14 toback 2 0
15 tacker 2 0
16 strack 1 0
17 starck 1 0
18 staack 1 0
19 ptacek 2 0
20 zack 1 0

Words That Follow

Words that often follow the term "tack" in a sentence.

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Words That Precede

Words that often precede the term "tack" in a sentence.

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Statistically Associated

Words that are statistically associated with "tack" in the same piece of text.

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

Words that contain the same consonants as the term "tack".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 tick 1 3
2 tuck 1 2
3 teck 1 0
4 teck's 1 0
5 tock 1 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 12

Fragments: 36

Sound Alikes: 7

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 5

Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.

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