SICK is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SICK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SICK?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SICK is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SICK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SICK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SICK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 54,461.
What does SICK mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Affected by illness.
Sick means nauseated in Britain and ill in general in America, which causes real confusion in hospitals. The slang sense meaning excellent is from the 1980s and is now very widespread.
How SICK is used
After the verb. The sense differs by country.
- Being sick in Britain means vomiting and in America means ill.
- The word sick differs across the Atlantic in a way that matters.
- A sick note covers absence and not nausea.
- The slang sense of sick means excellent.
- Two sick children and one thermometer.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SICK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SICK
The 4 tiles of SICK in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SICK
Showing 24 of 62 words that begin with SICK.
Words ending in SICK
13 words end in SICK. Useful as a back hook: play SICK onto a word already on the board.
Words with SICK inside
Showing 24 of 40 words that contain SICK somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SICK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SICK
Common questions about SICK
- Is SICK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SICK, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SICK worth?
- SICK is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SICK mean?
- Affected by illness.
- What letters can be added to SICK?
- SICK takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SICK:
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