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Is quicken a Scrabble word?

Yes, quicken is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 22 points in Scrabble.

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What is the meaning of quicken?

Definition

verb (English)

1. Senses relating to life or states of activity.Examples: "[…] Italy had quickened Cecil, not to tolerance, but to irritation. He saw that the local society was narrow, but, instead of saying, "Does this very much matter?" he rebelled, and tried to substitute for it the society he called broad."Synonyms: motivate, stir up, animate, arouse, awaken, beghast, leaven, brighttransitive

2. Senses relating to life or states of activity.Examples: "For ſurely, a rich Land, guardleſs and undefended, muſt needs have been a double Incitement, and ſuch an one, as might not only admit, but even invite the Enemy. It was like a fruitful Garden, or a fair Vineyard without an Hedge, that quickens the Appetite to enjoy ſo tempting, and withal ſo eaſy a Prize."; "This quicken'd my Reſolution to reſtore her Money, and not only ſo, but I reſolv'd I would give her ſomething over and above her Loſs; […]"; "Strange! how the frequent interjected daſh, Quickens a market and helps off the traſh, Th' important letters that include the reſt, Serve as a key to thoſe that are ſuppreſs'd, Conjecture gripes the victims in his paw, The world is charm'd, and Scrib. eſcapes the law."Synonyms: instigate, spark off, abet, actuate, goose, send, sting, bring abouttransitive

3. Senses relating to life or states of activity.transitive

4. Senses relating to life or states of activity.Examples: "Whoſoever will goo about to ſave his lyfe⸝ shall looſe it: And whoſoever ſhall looſe his life⸝ ſhall quycken it."; "I haue ſeen a medicine That's able to breath life into a ſtone, Quicken a rocke, […]"; "the Miſtris which I ſerue, quickens what's dead, And makes my labours, pleaſures: […]"Synonyms: enliven, vitalise, vivifyalsofigurativelyliterarytransitive

5. Senses relating to life or states of activity.Examples: "[…] she Quickened the fire and laid the board, […]"; "Was it alight once? Still lives spark enough For breath to quicken, run the smouldering ash Red right through."Synonyms: alight, conflagrate, fire, fire up, ignite, inflame, kindle, lightarchaictransitive

6. Senses relating to life or states of activity.Examples: "Coole Violets, and Orpine growing ſtill, Embathed Balme, and chearfull Galingale, Freſh Coſtmarie, and breathfull Camomill, Poppie, and drink-quickning Setuale, […]"; "It were good alſo to Enforce the Spirits by ſome Mixtures, that may excite and quicken them."obsoletetransitive

verb (English)

1. (transitive, rare) To apply quicksilver (mercury) to (something); to combine (something) with quicksilver; to quicksilver.raretransitive

noun (English)

1. (chiefly Ireland, Northern England) In full quicken tree: the European rowan, rowan, or mountain ash (Sorbus aucuparia).Examples: "[…] Miss Wannop moved off down the path: it was only suited for Indian file, and had on the left hand a ten-foot, untrimmed quicken hedge, the hawthorn blossoms just beginning to blacken at the edges and small green haws to show."Synonyms: quickbeam, quick treeIrelandNorthern-England

noun (English)

1. (chiefly Midlands (northern), Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland) Synonym of couch grass (“a species of grass, Elymus repens”); also (chiefly in the plural), the underground rhizomes of this, and sometimes other grasses.Examples: "Quickens-bog may at first seem to derive its name from the plant Quicken, by which, Scotticé, we understand couch-grass, dog-grass, or the Triticum repens of [Carl] Linnæus, and the common English monosyllable Bog, by which we mean, in popular language, a marsh or morass; in Latin, Palus."Synonyms: dog grass, quackgrass, quickens, quick grass, quitch, quitch grass, scutch grass, twitchNorthern-EnglandNorthern-IrelandScotlandcountableuncountable

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "quicken"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "quicken"?

Scrabble
22 points
Q10
U1
I1
C3
K5
E1
N1
Words With Friends
25 points
Q10
U2
I1
C4
K5
E1
N2

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