Sickle

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:12 ptsWWF:14 pts6 letters

Definition of Sickle

Noun

An implement having a semicircular blade and short handle, used for cutting long grass and cereal crops.
Anything resembling a sickle, especially: A sickle faether, any of the sickle-shaped rear feathers of the domestic cock. The crescent moon.
A sickle faether, any of the sickle-shaped rear feathers of the domestic cock.
The crescent moon.

Verb

To cut with a sickle. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
Of red blood cells: to assume an abnormal crescent shape.
To deform (as with a red blood cell) into an abnormal crescent shape, to cause to sickle.

Anagrams of Sickle

Words You Can Make

39 words can be made from the letters in "sickle":

5-LETTER WORDS

ceils licks likes slice slick

4-LETTER WORDS

ceil cels elks ices ilks isle leis leks lice lick lies like sice sick sike+1 more

3-LETTER WORDS

cel cis elk els ice ick ilk kis lei lek les lie lis sec sei+3 more

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "sickle" and rearranging:

+dsickled slicked

+nnickels nickles slicken

+rlickers slicker

+tstickle tickles

Related Word Patterns

SI...Words starting with "si"...LEWords ending with "le"All 6-letter words Unscramble "sickle"

Rhyming Words

abatable abaxile abdicable abele able abolishable abominable abradable abrogable absorbable abstractable abubble abusable acceptable accessible+5 more

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