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Is wick a Scrabble word?

Yes, wick is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 13 points in Scrabble.

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Definition

noun (English)

1. (countable) A braid or bundle of fibre or other porous material (now generally twisted or woven cotton) in a candle, kerosene heater, oil lamp, etc., that draws up a liquid fuel (such as melted tallow or wax, or oil) at one end, to be ignited at the other end to produce a flame.Examples: "Trim the wick fairly short, so that the flame does not smoke."; "Theſe cordes, they caule Cabuia and Henequen, which are al one thing ſauyng that Henequen is leſſe and of a fyner ſubſtaunce as it were line: And the other is groſſer lyke the wycke or twyſte of hempe, and is imperfecte in compariſon to the other."; "But true it is that vvhen the oyle is ſpent, / The light goes out, and vveeke is throvvne away; […]"countable

2. (countable) A braid or bundle of fibre or other porous material (now generally twisted or woven cotton) in a candle, kerosene heater, oil lamp, etc., that draws up a liquid fuel (such as melted tallow or wax, or oil) at one end, to be ignited at the other end to produce a flame.Examples: "There liues vvithin the very flame of loue / A kind of weeke or ſnufe that vvill abate it, […]"Synonyms: wickinguncountable

3. (countable) A braid or bundle of fibre or other porous material (now generally twisted or woven cotton) in a candle, kerosene heater, oil lamp, etc., that draws up a liquid fuel (such as melted tallow or wax, or oil) at one end, to be ignited at the other end to produce a flame.broadlycountable

4. (countable, euphemistic, slang) Often in dip one's wick: the penis.Examples: "His wick was stone stiff."; "Thrusting his head out of a miniature waterfall, Di asked, 'You don't feel like a bit of a bunk-up this evening, Stubby, by any chance?' / 'A bit of what?' / 'Dipping your wick, man!' / This was unlike the staid, chapel-going Di I thought I knew. 'I'm careful where I dip my wick, mate. Got a bit of respect for it.'"; "Her laugh wasn't cruel in tone, but it cut through Husk like a scalpel, withering his wick even further."countableeuphemisticslang

verb (English)

1. (transitive) Of a material (especially a textile): to convey or draw off (liquid) by capillary action.Examples: "The fabric wicks perspiration away from the body."transitive

2. (intransitive)intransitive

3. (intransitive)Examples: "The moisture slowly wicked through the wood."intransitive

noun (English)

1. (obsolete except dialectal) A hamlet or village; also, a town.Examples: "And by report, there vvere eight thouſand Gaules there ſlaine: the reſt abandoned the vvarre, and ſlipt every one into their ovvne vvickes and villages."England

2. (obsolete except dialectal, chiefly East Anglia and Essex) A farm; specifically, a dairy farm.Examples: "Note a fearme [farm] in the North parts is called a Tacke, in Lancaſhire a Fermeholt, in Eſſex a Wike."; "Wick Farm—almost every village has its outlying ‘wick’—stands alone in the fields."East-AngliaEnglandEssex

3. (obsolete) An enclosed piece of land; a close.Englandobsolete

adj (English)

1. (Northern England, chiefly Yorkshire) Synonym of quick (“alive, living; also, active, lively”).Examples: "Well! yo must know I were in th' Infirmary for a fever, and times were rare and bad; and there be good chaps there to a man, while he's wick, whate'er they may be about cutting him up at after."; "Thinks Abey, t' oud codger 'll nivver smoak t' trick, / I'll swop wi' him my poor deead horse for his wick, […]"; "T' wickest young chap at ivver Ah seen."Synonyms: quickEnglandNorthern-EnglandYorkshire

noun (English)

1. (countable) A maggot.EnglandUKYorkshirecountabledialectal

2. (countable, horticulture)Examples: "Fed close? Why, it’s eaten into t’ hard wick."EnglandUKYorkshirecountabledialectaluncountable

3. (countable, horticulture)EnglandUKYorkshirecountabledialectalin-pluraluncountable

4. (uncountable, obsolete) Life; also, liveliness.EnglandUKYorkshiredialectalobsoleteuncountable

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To strike (a stationary bowl or stone) with one's own bowl or stone just enough that the former changes direction; to cannon.Examples: "He vvas the king of a' the Core, / To guard, or dravv, or vvick a bore, […]"Englandtransitive

2. (intransitive) To strike a stationary bowl or stone with one's own bowl or stone just enough that the former changes direction; to cannon.Englandintransitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "wick"?

Scrabble
13 points
W4
I1
C3
K5
Words With Friends
14 points
W4
I1
C4
K5

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