SICE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. SICE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SICE?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SICE is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SICE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sicesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SICE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SICE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What does SICE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Indian Englishhistorical
A groom or stableman who looks after horses, especially in India during the colonial period.
A sice was employed to feed, groom and generally care for horses kept by a household or army unit in India, and the word sice entered English from Arabic through Indian usage during British rule. It is also spelled syce, and today it appears mainly in older texts and histories.
How SICE is used
Historical and regional, found chiefly in colonial-era accounts of India.
- The sice led the horses out to the stable yard each morning.
- An old photograph showed the sice standing beside the carriage.
- The colonel's sice knew every horse in the regiment by name.
- Letters from the period often mention wages paid to the sice.
- The novel describes a loyal sice who worked for the family for decades.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SICE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SICE
The 4 tiles of SICE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SICE
1 longer words begin with SICE.
Shorter words from the letters in SICE
Common questions about SICE
- Is SICE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SICE, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SICE worth?
- SICE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SICE mean?
- A groom or stableman who looks after horses, especially in India during the colonial period.
- What letters can be added to SICE?
- SICE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SICE:
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