SICKO is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. SICKO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SICKO?
| 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 SICKO is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SICKO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sickosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SICKO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SICKO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What does SICKO mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
An informal, disapproving name for a person seen as mentally disturbed, perverted, or repulsively cruel.
A sicko is called out for behavior that strikes other people as deeply wrong or unwholesome, not for having a physical illness. The word is blunt and dismissive, used to condemn rather than to diagnose, and it appears mostly in casual speech, tabloid headlines, and film dialogue. It carries no reference to any particular group, only to the shocking nature of the act described.
How SICKO is used
Informal and judgmental; more likely in speech and popular media than in careful or formal writing.
- The film villain was portrayed as a total sicko.
- Only a sicko would find that joke funny.
- The tabloid called the vandal a sicko in its headline.
- He muttered that whoever did this was a sicko.
- People online branded the prank a sicko stunt.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SICKO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SICKO
3 longer words begin with SICKO.
Shorter words from the letters in SICKO
Common questions about SICKO
- Is SICKO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SICKO, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SICKO worth?
- SICKO is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SICKO mean?
- An informal, disapproving name for a person seen as mentally disturbed, perverted, or repulsively cruel.
- What letters can be added to SICKO?
- SICKO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SICKO:
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