[Albion Wilde]

"Rack" may have become the common usage in today's lazy editing, but it most certainly is not the original usage. "Rack" is a framework upon which things can be hung or stretched; and in medieval times it was the word used for a torture device.

"Wrack" and its forms is the verb denoting a destruction of some object, i.e., "I wracked my brain", "the coast was storm-wracked", "that old house has gone to wrack and ruin."

[ajf_in_texas]

I thought exactly as you until just yesterday I questioned was it “wracked my brain” or “racked my brain”. A quick search said it should be “racked”. I saw your post and did another search and found the result I posted. I’m a stubborn and cynical old man so I’m not 100% convinced “rack” is correct. As we all know: It must be true if it’s on the internet. Right? :)