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RICKETY

7 letters, 16 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What RICKETY Means

  1. adjective: inclined to shake as from weakness or defect“a rickety table”
  2. adjective: affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets“rickety limbs and joints”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

RICKETY is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as R1 I1 C3 K5 E1 T1 Y4.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 66 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In RICKETY

95 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

6 letter words (7)

5 letter words (15)

4 letter words (38)

3 letter words (26)

2 letter words (9)

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