Viscious or vicious?
Did you mean vicious? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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viscious
Correct
vicious
Correct spelling: vicious. Misspelling: viscious.
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Memory tip
There is no S: vi-CIOUS.
Why people write “viscious”
The misspelling “viscious” is only one letter off: it adds an extra letter, S.
Spell-checkers catch the mistake in a document, but not in a handwritten note, a text message or a word game. Writing the word out a few times while saying the tricky part aloud is the quickest way to make vicious automatic.
What does “vicious” mean?
vicious adjective
- (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
“a barbarous crime”
- having the nature of vice
Synonyms:evil
- bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
“a criminal waste of talent”
- marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful
“poisonous hate”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Vicious” in a sentence
- The dog had a vicious bark.
- A barbarous crime.
- A criminal waste of talent.
- Poisonous hate.
Is “vicious” a playable word?
12 points in Scrabble · 15 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“viscious” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from VICIOUS.