hackle

1. A hackle fly.

2. A tuft of cock feathers trimming an artificial fishing fly.

3. Any of the long, slender, often glossy feathers on the neck of a bird, especially a male domestic fowl.

4. The erectile hairs along the back of the neck of an animal, especially of a dog.

5. One of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird.

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1. To comb out with a hackle.

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1. To hack.

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1. To chop roughly; mangle by hacking.

2. To trim (an artificial fishing fly) with a hackle.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
hackle	15	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
la	2
ha	5
he	5
el	2
eh	5
ka	6
ae	2
al	2
ah	5

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
lah	6
lac	5
ack	9
kea	7
kae	7
lea	3
lek	7
hae	6
elk	7
ace	5
ale	3
cel	5

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
alec	6
each	9
lech	9
leak	8
lakh	11
lake	8
lack	10
lace	6
hack	13
ache	9
hale	7
hake	11
cake	10
kale	8
calk	10
heck	13
heal	7

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
chalk	14
chela	10
hacek	14
leach	10

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
hackle	15