Definition of tick

"tick" in the noun sense

1. tick, ticking

a metallic tapping sound

"he counted the ticks of the clock"

2. tick

any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis feed on blood of warm-blooded animals

3. check mark, check, tick

a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.

"as he called the role he put a check mark by each student's name"

4. tick

a light mattress

"tick" in the verb sense

1. click, tick

make a clicking or ticking sound

"The clock ticked away"

2. tick, ticktock, ticktack, beat

make a sound like a clock or a timer

"the clocks were ticking"

"the grandfather clock beat midnight"

3. tick, retick

sew

"tick a mattress"

4. check, check off, mark, mark off, tick off, tick

put a check mark on or near or next to

"Please check each name on the list"

"tick off the items"

"mark off the units"

Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)

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tick in Scrabble®

The word tick is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters tick:

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tick in Words With Friends™

The word tick is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 11

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Words within the letters of tick

2 letter words in tick (1 word)

3 letter words in tick (3 words)

4 letter words in tick (1 word)

tick + 1 blank (4 words)

Words containing the sequence tick

Word Growth involving tick

Shorter words in tick

ick

tic

Longer words containing tick

bedtick bedticking

bedtick bedticks

detick deticked

detick deticker detickers

detick deticking

detick deticks

downtick downticked

downtick downticking

downtick downticks

outpolitick outpoliticked

outpolitick outpoliticking

outpolitick outpoliticks

rheumaticky

schtick schticks

shtick shticks

stick antistick

stick billystick billysticks

stick breadstick breadsticks

stick broomstick broomsticks

stick candlestick candlesticks

stick chopstick chopsticks

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stick gobstick gobsticks

stick greenstick greensticks

stick joystick joysticks

stick lightstick lightsticks

stick lipstick lipsticked unlipsticked

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stick mapstick mapsticks

stick matchstick matchsticks

stick meterstick metersticks

stick mopstick mopsticks

stick nightstick nightsticks

stick nonstick nonsticking

stick nonstick nonsticky

stick restick resticking

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stick singlestick

stick slapstick slapsticks

stick stickball

stick sticked lipsticked unlipsticked

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stick sticker billsticker billstickers

stick sticker stickers billstickers

stick sticker stickers unstickers

stick sticker unsticker unstickered

stick sticker unsticker unstickers

stick stickhandle stickhandled

stick stickhandle stickhandler stickhandlers

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stick stickiness

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stick sticking nonsticking

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stick stickpin stickpins

stick sticks billysticks

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stick sticks candlesticks

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stick sticks metersticks

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stick stickweed stickweeds

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ticket ticketholder ticketholders

ticket ticketing

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ticket tickets

ticking bedticking

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ticking outpoliticking

ticking sticking billsticking billstickings

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ticking tickings billstickings

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tickle stickle stickleback sticklebacks

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tickle tickleproof

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tickle tickler ticklers sticklers

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tickle tickles tickless stickless

tickle tickleweed

ticklier

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tickliness

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tickling ticklings

ticklish ticklishly

ticklish ticklishness

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ticktack ticktacking

ticktack ticktacks

ticktack ticktacktoe ticktacktoes

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