SHACK
What does "SHACK" mean?
A small, roughly built hut or cabin.
Meanings
- A crude, simply built dwelling or shelter. They spent the summer in a fishing shack by the lake.
- To live with someone, especially a romantic partner, informally ('shack up'). The two of them shacked up after only a month. informal
Word origin
Of uncertain origin; first recorded in American English in the 1870s, possibly from Mexican Spanish 'jacal' (hut), itself from Nahuatl 'xacalli'.
Remember it
A SHACK gives you SHelter and not much more - the word is as bare-bones as the building.
A little poem
Tin roof, leaning wall,
one bulb against the marsh dark-
still, somebody's home.
haiku
Wordplay
- I bought a fishing shack with no foundation. It's not much, but the relationship has a roof - we really shacked up.
What it teaches
A roof you built yourself outranks a palace you only borrow.
Quick facts
What does SHACK mean?
A small, roughly built hut or cabin.
Is SHACK a valid word?
Yes — SHACK is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SHACK?
SHACK has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does SHACK come from?
Of uncertain origin; first recorded in American English in the 1870s, possibly from Mexican Spanish 'jacal' (hut), itself from Nahuatl 'xacalli'.
What can SHACK teach us?
A roof you built yourself outranks a palace you only borrow.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.