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Cricks

c 3r 1i 1c 3k 5s 1

About 1 syllable

noun · verb · 6 letters · Less common · plural and third-person singular form of crick

  • Scrabble US & Canada : valid
  • Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
  • Words With Friends : valid
  • Wordle : not valid

What does cricks mean?

noun

  1. a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)

    Synonymskinkrickwrick

  2. English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004)

    Synonymsfrancis crickfrancis henry compton crick

verb

  1. twist (a body part) into a strained position

    “crick your neck”

Definitions shown for crick, the base form of cricks.

Is CRICKS a valid word?

Game / word listValid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL) Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS) Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE) Yes
Wordle (guess list) No

How many points is CRICKS worth?

Scrabble

14 pts
c 3r 1i 1c 3k 5s 1

Words With Friends

16 pts
c 4r 1i 1c 4k 5s 1

Wordfeud

16 pts
c 4r 1i 1c 4k 5s 1

NYT Crossplay

15 pts
c 3r 1i 1c 3k 6s 1

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in CRICKS

Words that end like CRICKS

Common words that share the ending -ICKS, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

All words ending in -ICKS

Cricks: quick answers

Is CRICKS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. CRICKS is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 14 points before board bonuses.
How many points is CRICKS worth?
CRICKS scores 14 points in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends, 16 in Wordfeud and 15 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does cricks mean?
cricks is the plural and third-person singular form of crick, which means “a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)”. It has 3 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in CRICKS?
You can make 23 shorter words from CRICKS, such as CRICK, RICKS, RICK, SICK. See the full list.