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Is bicycle a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word bicycle is a Scrabble US word. The word bicycle is worth 16 points in Scrabble:

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Is bicycle a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word bicycle is a Scrabble UK word and has 16 points:

B3I1C3Y4C3L1E1

Is bicycle a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word bicycle is a Words With Friends word. The word bicycle is worth 19 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

B4I1C4Y3C4L2E1

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7-letter words (1 found)

BICYCLE,

6-letter words (2 found)

BEYLIC,CICELY,

5-letter words (3 found)

BICCY,CYCLE,LECCY,

4-letter words (6 found)

BICE,BILE,BLEY,CEIL,CIEL,LICE,

3-letter words (12 found)

BEL,BEY,BYE,CEL,CLY,ICE,ICY,LEI,LEY,LIB,LIE,LYE,

2-letter words (6 found)

BE,BI,BY,EL,LI,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 31 words from bicycle according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of bicycle

bicycle

Etymology

Borrowed from French bicycle (modern bicyclette), from bi- (“bi-”) + cycle (“cycle”). First attested in English in 1868, and in French in 1847.

(promiscuous woman): From double meaning of ride ("to transport oneself upon" vs. "to mount someone to have sex with them"). A communal bicycle would have many riders.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaɪsɪk(ə)l/
  • (Canada, idle-idol split) IPA(key): /ˈbʌɪsɪkəl/
  • Hyphenation: bi‧cy‧cle

Noun

bicycle (plural bicycles)

  1. A vehicle that has two wheels, one behind the other, a steering handle, and a saddle seat or seats and is usually propelled by the action of a rider’s feet upon pedals.
    Synonyms: (clipping) bike, pushbike, (historical) velocipede; see also Thesaurus:bicycle
    Hypernym: cycle
  2. A traveling block used on a cable in skidding logs.
  3. The best possible hand in lowball.
  4. (British, Australia, New Zealand) A motorbike.
  5. (vulgar slang, usually in compounds specifying a context) A slut; a promiscuous woman.
  6. (climbing) A stabilizing technique in which one foot is pushed down while the other is pulled up.
  7. (poker slang) The wheel: either the lowest straight (A-2-3-4-5) or the best low hand in Lowball or High-low poker.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • → Burmese: ဘိုင်စကယ် (bhuingca.kai)
  • → Maltese: bajsikil
  • → Papiamentu: baiskel
  • → Sranan Tongo: baisigri
  • → Swahili: baiskeli
  • → Urdu: بائیسِکَل (bāīsikal)

Translations

Verb

bicycle (third-person singular simple present bicycles, present participle bicycling, simple past and past participle bicycled)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To travel or exercise using a bicycle.
  2. (television, historical, transitive) To physically ship (a recorded programme) to another broadcasting entity.

Translations

French

Alternative forms

  • bécik

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bi.sikl/

Noun

bicycle m (plural bicycles)

  1. bicycle
    Synonym: bicyclette

Derived terms

  • bicyclette

Descendants

  • → English: bicycle
  • → Polish: bicykl

Further reading

  • “bicycle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Source: wiktionary.org