KICK is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. KICK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept KICK?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KICK is to know. It scores 14 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 3.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KICK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KICK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in KICK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 2 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. KICK needs 1 blank tile.
What does KICK mean in Scrabble?
verb
To strike something with the foot.
Kick turned up in the fourteenth century with no known source, which is strange for so basic an action. The sense meaning a thrill is nineteenth-century American, and the drug sense grew out of that one.
How KICK is used
Kicked, kicking. Also a noun.
- He kicked the door and hurt his own foot.
- The word kick has no known source.
- A kick out of something is nineteenth-century American.
- Two kicks at the same panel and it still held.
- Kicking a habit borrows from the drug sense.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KICK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KICK
Showing 24 of 52 words that begin with KICK.
Words ending in KICK
6 words end in KICK. Useful as a back hook: play KICK onto a word already on the board.
Words with KICK inside
23 words contain KICK in the middle. Words that start with KICK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in KICK
Common questions about KICK
- Is KICK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KICK, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KICK worth?
- KICK is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KICK mean?
- To strike something with the foot.
- What letters can be added to KICK?
- KICK takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of KICK:
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