PRICKY is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. PRICKY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PRICKY?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PRICKY is to know. It scores 17 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PRICKY
No single letter turns PRICKY into another word.
How PRICKY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PRICKY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,759 thousand.
What stands out about PRICKY
- PRICKY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PRICKY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Covered with small sharp points or spines.
A pricky bush snags clothes and scratches hands. It is a rarer relative of the more common word prickly.
How PRICKY is used
Pricky is rare and mostly seen in old or dialect writing.
- The hedge was thick and pricky all along the path.
- He pulled a pricky burr from his sock.
- A pricky weed grew by the gate.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PRICKY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PRICKY
Common questions about PRICKY
- Is PRICKY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PRICKY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PRICKY worth?
- PRICKY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PRICKY mean?
- Covered with small sharp points or spines.
- What letters can be added to PRICKY?
- No single letter can be added to PRICKY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PRICKY:
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