Sticks

/stɪks/

Scrabble:12 ptsWWF:13 pts6 letters
Definition of Sticks

noun

  1. An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton.
  2. Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance.

    "Sealing wax is available as a cylindrical or rectangular stick."

  3. Material or objects attached to a stick or the like.
  4. A tool, control, or instrument shaped somewhat like a stick.
  5. A stick-like item:

verb

  1. To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint.
  2. To compose; to set, or arrange, in a composing stick.

    "to stick type"

  3. To furnish or set with sticks.

verb

  1. To become or remain attached; to adhere.

    "The tape will not stick if it melts."

  2. To jam; to stop moving.

    "The lever sticks if you push it too far up."

  3. To tolerate, to endure, to stick with.
  4. To persist.

    "His old nickname stuck."

  5. Of snow, to remain frozen on landing.

noun

  1. (with "the") rural terrain, especially a woody area; any rural region.

    "We had to drive way out into the sticks to visit that customer."

  2. (chiefly by long-time users) crutches
Anagrams of Sticks

No exact anagrams found for "sticks". This word has a unique letter combination.

+1 Letter Anagrams

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

Word Validity & Sources

SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024

Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.

About the Word "Sticks"

Sticks is a 6-letter word that scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words With Friends.

Using "Sticks" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "sticks" is a medium-scoring word.