SICKEN is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SICKEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SICKEN?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SICKEN is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SICKEN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sickensChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SICKEN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SICKEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What does SICKEN mean in Scrabble?
verb
To make someone feel ill or deeply disgusted, or to become ill oneself.
Sicken works in two directions. When it takes an object it describes something that fills a person with revulsion, like cruelty or a foul smell. Without an object it means to fall ill, as in a plant or child that starts to sicken. The phrase sicken for something, meaning to show early signs of a disease, is more British and a little old-fashioned. The word grows from the adjective sick with the verb ending en.
How SICKEN is used
Used both transitively and intransitively; the illness sense is somewhat literary.
- The sight of the waste dumped in the river will sicken anyone.
- Cruel stories like that sicken me.
- Keep the seedlings warm, or they will sicken before spring.
- The child began to sicken late in the week.
- It would sicken you to read what they did.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SICKEN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SICKEN
7 longer words begin with SICKEN.
Shorter words from the letters in SICKEN
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Common questions about SICKEN
- Is SICKEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SICKEN, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SICKEN worth?
- SICKEN is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SICKEN mean?
- To make someone feel ill or deeply disgusted, or to become ill oneself.
- What letters can be added to SICKEN?
- SICKEN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SICKEN:
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