SICKY is a valid Scrabble word, but not in Words with Friends — 14 points
Yes for Scrabble. SICKY is in Collins and in the North American lists, so it stands in any Scrabble game. Words with Friends keeps a separate list and does not accept it.
Which word lists accept SICKY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SICKY is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SICKY
No single letter turns SICKY into another word.
How SICKY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SICKY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 522,830.
What does SICKY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalAustralian
A day taken off work or school by claiming to be ill, whether or not the person is actually unwell.
A sicky is understood as a day off that may or may not involve real illness, and the word carries a knowing, slightly humorous edge because everyone involved suspects the excuse is at least partly invented. The set phrase pull a sicky is the most common way the word is used, meaning to ring in sick when one is really just tired or wants a day free. Sicky started in Australian English but has spread into British informal speech as well. It stays firmly informal and would sound out of place in any serious or written report about absence.
How SICKY is used
Informal; typically used in the phrase pull a sicky, mainly in Australian and British speech.
- He decided to pull a sicky and go fishing instead.
- She rarely takes a sicky, even when she feels unwell.
- Everyone knew his sicky was really just an excuse to watch the match.
- Taking a sicky on a Friday became a habit for him.
- The manager suspected the sudden sicky was not genuine.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SICKY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in SICKY
2 words end in SICKY. Useful as a back hook: play SICKY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in SICKY
Common questions about SICKY
- Is SICKY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and SICKY is not in it.
- How many points is SICKY worth?
- SICKY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SICKY mean?
- A day taken off work or school by claiming to be ill, whether or not the person is actually unwell.
- What letters can be added to SICKY?
- No single letter can be added to SICKY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SICKY:
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