SPICK is valid in Collins, not in North America — 13 points
It depends on the list you play by. SPICK is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 13 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept SPICK?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPICK is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPICK
Front hooks — 1
aspickBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How SPICK scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SPICK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 522,830.
What does SPICK mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaic
Neat, fresh, and smart in appearance.
Spick survives almost entirely inside the fixed phrase spick and span, where it reinforces span rather than carrying separate weight of its own. Both words once meant new or fresh on their own, spick tied to the shine of a new nail or spike, span to a fresh chip of wood. English kept the pair together long after either word alone dropped out of ordinary use.
How SPICK is used
Archaic outside the set phrase spick and span; rarely used alone.
- The whole house was spick and span before the guests arrived.
- He liked everything in the workshop spick, with each tool back in its place.
- The ship was kept spick and span for the admiral's inspection.
- She wanted the kitchen spick before anyone sat down to eat.
- A spick uniform was expected of every recruit on parade.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPICK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SPICK
The 5 tiles of SPICK in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SPICK
4 longer words begin with SPICK.
Words ending in SPICK
1 words end in SPICK. Useful as a back hook: play SPICK onto a word already on the board.
Words with SPICK inside
3 words contain SPICK in the middle. Words that start with SPICK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SPICK
Common questions about SPICK
- Is SPICK valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and SPICK is not in it.
- How many points is SPICK worth?
- SPICK is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPICK mean?
- Neat, fresh, and smart in appearance.
- What letters can be added to SPICK?
- SPICK takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SPICK:
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