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PRICKS
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Classic
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Big
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Super Big
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PRICKS is a valid 6-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 3 in Classic, 3 in Big, and 3 in Super Big Boggle.
PRICKS root PRICK-s
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noun
- A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing.
- An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object.
- obsoleteA dot or other diacritical mark used in writing; a point.
- obsoleteA tiny particle; a small amount of something; a jot.
- A small pointed object.
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The experience or feeling of being pierced or punctured by a small, sharp object.
- I felt a sharp prick as the nurse took a sample of blood.
- A feeling of remorse.
- slangvulgarThe penis.
- derogatoryslangSomeone (especially a male) who is unpleasant, rude or annoying.
- historicalA small roll of yarn or tobacco.
- The footprint of a hare.
- obsoleteA point or mark on the dial, noting the hour.
- obsoleteThe point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin.
verb
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transitiveTo pierce or puncture slightly.
- John hardly felt the needle prick his arm when the adept nurse drew blood.
- transitiveTo drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness.
- transitiveTo shoot without killing.
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transitiveTo form by piercing or puncturing.
- to prick holes in paper
- to prick a pattern for embroidery
- to prick the notes of a musical composition
- obsoleteTo mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark.
- transitiveTo mark the surface of (something) with pricks or dots; especially, to trace a ship’s course on (a chart).
- obsoleteTo run a middle seam through the cloth of a sail.
- To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing.
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datedintransitiveTo be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture.
- A sore finger pricks.
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ambitransitiveTo make or become sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as something pointed; said especially of the ears of an animal, such as a horse or dog; and usually followed by up.
- The dog's ears pricked up at the sound of a whistle.
- Usually in the form prick out: to plant (seeds or seedlings) in holes made in soil at regular intervals.
- transitiveTo incite, stimulate, goad.
- archaicintransitiveTo urge one's horse on; to ride quickly.
- To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.
- transitiveTo make acidic or pungent.
- intransitiveTo become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.
- To aim at a point or mark.
- obsoleteusuallyto dress or adorn; to prink.