Sticks

/stɪks/

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

Scrabble:12 ptsWWF:13 pts6 letters

Definition of Sticks

noun

An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton.
Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance.
"Sealing wax is available as a cylindrical or rectangular stick."
Material or objects attached to a stick or the like.
A tool, control, or instrument shaped somewhat like a stick.
A stick-like item:

verb

To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint.
To compose; to set, or arrange, in a composing stick.
"to stick type"
To furnish or set with sticks.

verb

To become or remain attached; to adhere.
"The tape will not stick if it melts."
To jam; to stop moving.
"The lever sticks if you push it too far up."
To tolerate, to endure, to stick with.
To persist.
"His old nickname stuck."
Of snow, to remain frozen on landing.

noun

Criticism or ridicule.

noun

(with "the") rural terrain, especially a woody area; any rural region.
"We had to drive way out into the sticks to visit that customer."
(chiefly by long-time users) crutches

Anagrams of Sticks

Words You Can Make

30 words can be made from the letters in "sticks":

5-LETTER WORDS

cists kists sicks skits stick ticks

4-LETTER WORDS

cist kiss kist kits sick sics sits skis skit tick tics tsks

3-LETTER WORDS

cis ick its kis kit sic sis sit ski tic tis tsk

+1 Letter Anagrams

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

+hschtiks shticks

Related Word Patterns

ST...Words starting with "st"...KSWords ending with "ks"All 6-letter words Unscramble "sticks"

Synonyms & Antonyms

SYNONYMS

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Rhyming Words

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