What RICKS Means
RICKS is a form of RICK, which means:
- noun: a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (‘rick’ and ‘wrick’ are British)
- noun: a stack of hay
- verb: pile in ricks“rick hay”
- verb: twist suddenly so as to sprain“wrench one's ankle”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
RICKS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as R1 I1 C3 K5 S1.
Words Made From The Letters In RICKS
20 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.
4 letter words (7)
3 letter words (10)
2 letter words (3)
Longer Words Containing RICKS
RICKS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
AIRBRICKSBALDRICKSBAUDRICKSBRICKSCRICKSDERRICKSDRICKSIEDRICKSIERDRICKSIESTERICKSFIREBRICKSGOLDBRICKSHAYRICKSJINRICKSHALIMERICKSLUDERICKSMAVERICKSOUTTRICKSOVERTRICKSPAITRICKSPATRICKSPINPRICKSREDBRICKSRICKSHARICKSHASRICKSHAWRICKSHAWSRICKSTANDRICKSTANDSRICKSTICKRICKSTICKSSKERRICKSSTRICKSTRICKSTRICKSIERTRICKSIESTTRICKSILYTRICKSOMETRICKSTERTRICKSTERS
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