hackle is a valid English word

Scrabble validity: valid ( international - Sowpods, US - Twl06 )
iScramble validity: valid
QuickWords validity: valid

Meanings

Noun (COUNTABLE)

Singular Plural
hackle hackles
    An instrument with steel pins used to comb out flax or hemp. (from 15th c.)
    • Synonym: heckle, hatchel
    (usually now in the plural) One of the long, narrow feathers on the neck of birds, most noticeable on the rooster. (from 15th c.)
    (fishing) A feather used to make a fishing lure or a fishing lure incorporating a feather. (from 17th c.)

Verb

Verb Present simple 3sg Present participle Past simple Past participle
hackle hackles hackling hackled hackled
    To dress (flax or hemp) with a hackle; to prepare fibres of flax or hemp for spinning. (from 17th c.)
    (transitive) To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel.
    (archaic transitive) To tear asunder; to break into pieces.

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