wicket
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Is wicket a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of wicket?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (British, Canada) A service window, as in a bank or train station, where a customer conducts transactions with a tellerExamples: "Watt climbed the stone steps and stood before the wicket, looking through its bars. He admired the permanent way, stretching away on either hand, in the moonlight, and the starlight, as far as the eye could reach, as far as Watt's eye could have reached, if it had been inside the station."BritishCanada
2. (cricket) One of the two wooden structures at each end of the pitch, consisting of three vertical stumps and two bails; the target for the bowler, defended by the batsman.Examples: "The umpire placed the wickets 10 minutes before the match started."
3. (cricket) A dismissal; the act of a batsman getting out.Examples: "He kept on taking wickets and bowled the opponents team out for 84."
4. (cricket) The period during which two batsmen bat together.
5. (cricket) The pitch.
6. (cricket) The area around the stumps where the batsmen stand.Examples: "The captain told his fast bowler to bowl around the wicket."
Definition source: Wiktionary