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Is hike a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word hike is a Scrabble US word. The word hike is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

H4I1K5E1

Is hike a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word hike is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

H4I1K5E1

Is hike a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word hike is a Words With Friends word. The word hike is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

H3I1K5E1

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4-letter words (1 found)

HIKE,

3-letter words (4 found)

EIK,HIE,IKE,KHI,

2-letter words (4 found)

EH,HE,HI,KI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 10 words from hike according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of hike

hike ihke hkie khie ikhe kihe hiek ihek heik ehik iehk eihk hkei khei heki ehki kehi ekhi ikeh kieh iekh eikh keih ekih

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word hike. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in hike.

Definitions and meaning of hike

hike

Etymology

From English dialectal hyke (“to walk vigorously”), probably a Northern form of hitch, from Middle English hytchen, hichen, icchen (“to move, jerk, stir”). Cognate with Scots hyke (“to move with a jerk”), dialectal German hicken (“to hobble, walk with a limp”), Danish hinke (“to hop”). More at hick.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /haɪk/
  • Rhymes: -aɪk

Noun

hike (plural hikes)

  1. A long walk, usually for pleasure or exercise. [from c. 1900]
  2. An abrupt increase.
    Antonyms: cut (used in same context), decrease
  3. (American football) The snap of the ball to start a play.
  4. A sharp upward tug to raise something.

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Verb

hike (third-person singular simple present hikes, present participle hiking, simple past and past participle hiked)

  1. To take a long walk for pleasure or exercise.
    Don't forget to bring the map when we go hiking tomorrow.
  2. To unfairly or suddenly raise a price.
  3. (American football) To snap the ball to start a play.
  4. (nautical) To lean out to the windward side of a sailboat in order to counterbalance the effects of the wind on the sails.
  5. To pull up or tug upwards sharply.
    She hiked her skirt up.

Synonyms

  • (to take a long walk): tramp
  • (to lean to the windward side): lean out, sit out

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Interjection

hike

  1. Let's go; get moving. A command to a dog sled team, given by a musher.

See also

  • hitchhike
  • hitchhiker
  • take a hike

References

  • “hike”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “hike”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hīc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhikɛ/

Adverb

hike

  1. here, in this place

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

hike (present tense hiker, past tense hika or hiket, past participle hika or hiket)

  1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by hige

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

After Danish hige.

Verb

hike (present tense hikar, past tense hika, past participle hika, passive infinitive hikast, present participle hikande, imperative hike/hik)

  1. to yearn

See also

  • hige (Bokmål)

References

  • “hike” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Source: wiktionary.org