HICKISH is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. HICKISH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HICKISH?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 57 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HICKISH is to know. It scores 19 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HICKISH
Front hooks — 1
thickishBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How HICKISH scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in HICKISH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 2 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 55,582 thousand.
What stands out about HICKISH
- HICKISH begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does HICKISH mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Like a hick, meaning unsophisticated in a rustic or small-town way.
Calling a manner hickish suggests it is country-bred and unpolished, and the label usually carries a snobbish edge. The word reveals more about the speaker than about the person described.
How HICKISH is used
Hickish is informal and usually mildly insulting.
- The city crowd found his accent hickish.
- Her hickish manners amused her cousins from the capital.
- He tried to hide anything hickish in his clothes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HICKISH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HICKISH
Common questions about HICKISH
- Is HICKISH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HICKISH, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HICKISH worth?
- HICKISH is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HICKISH mean?
- Like a hick, meaning unsophisticated in a rustic or small-town way.
- What letters can be added to HICKISH?
- HICKISH takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of HICKISH:
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