lack
A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want, dearth.
Noun 1 meaning
A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want, dearth.
“It is a question of money, or lack of same.”
Verb 3 meanings
To be without, not to have, to need, to require.
“My life lacks excitement.”
To be short (of or for something).
“He'll never lack for company while he's got all that money.”
To be off one's guard.
“His opps caught him lacking.”
Etymology
From Middle English lack, lakke, lak, from Old English *læc (“deficiency, lack, want”), from Proto-West Germanic *lak, from Proto-Germanic *laką, *lakaz (“slackness”), from Proto-Germanic *lakaz (“limp, slack, loose, low”), related to *lak(k)ōną (“to blame, reproach”), from Proto-Indo-European *lok-néh₂-.
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LACK at a glance
LACK has 4 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (L 1 + A 1 + C 3 + K 5) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,235 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with lack
All rhymes- BACK12
- BLACK13
- ATTACK12
- TRACK11
- JACK17
- PACK12
- CRACK13
- FEEDBACK20
- COMEBACK20
- HACK13
- STACK11
- QUARTERBACK28
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