ICKLE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. ICKLE is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 11 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept ICKLE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 58 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ICKLE is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 8 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ICKLE
Back hooks — 1
icklerChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ICKLE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ICKLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does ICKLE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
childishinformal
A childish or deliberately playful way of saying little, often used to express affection.
Ickle is the sort of word an adult uses when talking to a baby or a pet, softening little into a cooing, endearing form rather than a precise description of size. Writers sometimes put ickle into a character's mouth to mark speech as babyish or overly sweet on purpose. It is never used seriously in formal writing.
How ICKLE is used
Informal baby talk, used affectionately or ironically rather than in ordinary description.
- She cooed over the ickle kitten curled on the rug.
- He mocked the sign-off with an exaggerated ickle wave goodbye.
- The nursery rhyme called the puppy an ickle scamp.
- Grandma always asked about her ickle sweetheart.
- The comedian put on a whiny voice to say ickle problem.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ICKLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ICKLE
The 5 tiles of ICKLE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ICKLE
2 longer words begin with ICKLE.
Words ending in ICKLE
18 words end in ICKLE. Useful as a back hook: play ICKLE onto a word already on the board.
Words with ICKLE inside
Showing 24 of 63 words that contain ICKLE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ICKLE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ICKLE
Common questions about ICKLE
- Is ICKLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ICKLE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ICKLE worth?
- ICKLE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ICKLE mean?
- A childish or deliberately playful way of saying little, often used to express affection.
- What letters can be added to ICKLE?
- ICKLE takes 8 hooks: 7 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ICKLE:
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