Is TICKS a word?
TICKS is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words With Friends, has 5 letters, and can be rearranged into 1 other word, plus 23 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, TICKS is a valid word.
What does ticks mean?
TICKS is an inflected form of tick.
noun: a metallic tapping sound.
“he counted the ticks of the clock”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
TICKS: word details
- Pronunciation: TIHKS (approx., 1 syllable)
- Length: 5 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 12,578 5-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 11 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 12 points on the tiles.
- Wordle: five letters, so TICKS works as a Wordle guess or answer.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Anagrams of ticks
Shorter words inside ticks
Words you can make from the letters of ticks.
Solve a whole rack, not just TICKS
TICKS is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does TICKS mean?
TICKS is an inflected form of tick and is a noun. It means: a metallic tapping sound.
Is TICKS a valid word?
Yes, TICKS is a valid word. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.