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WICKS

5 letters

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Classic 2 pts
Big 2 pts
Super Big 2 pts

WICKS is a valid 5-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 2 in Classic, 2 in Big, and 2 in Super Big Boggle.

WICKS root WICK-s

Word family

WICK 1 WICKING-ing 5 WICKED-ed 3 WICKER-er 3

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Other words sharing these letters — a good chance they hide on the same Boggle board.

WICKEDS 5 WICKEDLY 11 WICKINGS 11
noun
  1. countableA 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.
    • Trim the wick fairly short, so that the flame does not smoke.
  2. uncountableSynonym of wicking (“the material of which wicks (etymology 1, noun sense 1) are made”).
  3. broadlycountableAny piece of porous material that conveys liquid by capillary action; specifically (medicine), a strip of gauze placed in a wound, etc., to absorb fluids.
  4. countableeuphemisticslangOften in dip one's wick: the penis.
  5. EnglandA hamlet or village; also, a town.
  6. EnglandEssexA farm; specifically, a dairy farm.
  7. EnglandobsoleteAn enclosed piece of land; a close.
  8. EnglandUKYorkshirecountabledialectalA maggot.
  9. EnglandUKYorkshirecountabledialectaluncountableThe growing part of a plant nearest to the roots.
    • Fed close? Why, it’s eaten into t’ hard wick.
  10. EnglandUKYorkshirecountabledialectaluncountableThe part of the root of a weed that remains viable in the ground after inadequate digging prior to cultivation.
  11. EnglandUKYorkshiredialectalobsoleteuncountableLife; also, liveliness.
  12. EnglanddialectalobsoleteA angle or corner; specifically, a corner of the eye or mouth.
  13. EnglandabbreviationdialectalobsoleteShort for wick-tooth (“a canine tooth”).
  14. EnglanddialectalobsoleteA grove; also, a hollow.
  15. EnglandA shot where the played bowl or stone touches a stationary bowl or stone just enough that the former changes direction; a cannon.
  16. EnglandSynonym of port (“a narrow opening between other players' bowls or stones wide enough for a delivered bowl or stone to pass through”).
  17. EnglandScotlandAn inlet, such as a creek or small bay.
  18. EnglandcountableA basket made of wickers (“flexible branches or twigs of a plant such as willow woven together”); a creel.
  19. EnglanduncountableWickers collectively; also, synonym of wickerwork (“wickers woven together”).
verb
  1. transitiveOf a material (especially a textile): to convey or draw off (liquid) by capillary action.
    • The fabric wicks perspiration away from the body.
  2. intransitiveOf a material: to convey or draw off liquid by capillary action.
  3. intransitiveChiefly followed by through or up: of a liquid: to move by capillary action through a porous material.
    • The moisture slowly wicked through the wood.
  4. EnglandtransitiveTo strike (a stationary bowl or stone) with one's own bowl or stone just enough that the former changes direction; to cannon.
  5. EnglandintransitiveTo strike a stationary bowl or stone with one's own bowl or stone just enough that the former changes direction; to cannon.
adjective
  1. EnglandYorkshireSynonym of quick (“alive, living; also, active, lively”).