hacker

hacker is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One who, or that which, hacks. Specifically: A cutting instrument for making notches; esp., one used for notching pine trees in collecting turpentine; a hack. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 15 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. One who, or that which, hacks. Specifically: A cutting instrument for making notches; esp., one used for notching pine trees in collecting turpentine; a hack.
2. noun. one who works hard at boring tasks

   Synonyms: drudge, hack

3. noun. a programmer for whom computing is its own reward; may enjoy the challenge of breaking into other computers but does no harm

   "true hackers subscribe to a code of ethics and look down upon crackers"

4. noun. someone who plays golf poorly
5. noun. a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism

   Synonyms: cyberpunk

Synonyms

drudge, hack, cyberpunk

Common word forms

hackers

Words from these letters

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