TICK is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. TICK 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 TICK?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TICK is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TICK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TICK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in TICK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 36,308.
What does TICK mean in Scrabble?
noun
The sound of a clock; also, a small mark.
The bloodsucking tick is a separate word from Old English, and the tick meaning credit is clipped from ticket. Four unrelated words share this spelling in English.
How TICK is used
Countable. Also a verb: ticked, ticking.
- A tick in the box means nothing was checked.
- The word tick covers four unrelated things.
- They ticked off every item and missed the point.
- A tick on a dog is a separate word entirely.
- Buying on tick is clipped from ticket.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TICK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TICK
Showing 24 of 51 words that begin with TICK.
Words ending in TICK
Showing 24 of 66 words that end in TICK. Useful as a back hook: play TICK onto a word already on the board.
Words with TICK inside
Showing 24 of 186 words that contain TICK somewhere in the middle. Words that start with TICK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TICK
Common questions about TICK
- Is TICK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TICK, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TICK worth?
- TICK is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TICK mean?
- The sound of a clock; also, a small mark.
- What letters can be added to TICK?
- TICK takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of TICK:
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