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Is ice a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word ice is a Scrabble US word. The word ice is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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Is ice a Scrabble UK word?

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Definitions and meaning of ice

ice

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Icelandic.

Symbol

ice

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2/B language code for Icelandic.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Icelandic terms

English

Etymology

From Middle English is, from Old English īs (“ice”), from Proto-West Germanic *īs, from Proto-Germanic *īsą (“ice”) from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH- (“ice, frost”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /aɪs/
  • (Canada, many US accents) IPA(key): [ʌɪs]
  • Rhymes: -aɪs

Noun

ice (usually uncountable, plural ices)

  1. Water in frozen (solid) form.
    • 1882, Popular Science Monthly (volume 20), "The Freezing of a Salt Lake"
      It has always been difficult to explain how ice is formed on the surface of oceans while the temperature of maximum density is lower than that of cogelation, and the observations on this lake were instituted in the hope that they might throw light upon the subject.
  2. (physics, astronomy) Any frozen volatile chemical, such as ammonia or carbon dioxide.
  3. (astronomy) Any volatile chemical, such as water, ammonia, or carbon dioxide, not necessarily in solid form, when discussing the composition of e.g. a planet as an ice giant vs a gas giant.
  4. (figuratively) Something having an extreme coldness of manner.
  5. (figuratively) Something, such as awkwardness, that prevents open social interaction.
  6. (ice hockey) The area where a game of ice hockey is played.
    • 2006, CBC, Finland, Sweden 'the dream final', February 26 2002,
      The neighbouring countries have enjoyed many great battles on the ice. They last met for gold at the 1998 world championship, won by Sweden. Three years earlier, Finland bested Sweden for the only world title in its history.
  7. (now dialectal) Icing; frosting ("a sweet, often creamy and thick glaze made primarily of sugar").
  8. (countable)
    1. A frozen dessert made of fruit juice, water and sugar.
    2. (UK, dated) An ice cream.
    3. (obsolete) An individual piece of ice.
  9. (slang, crime)
    1. Elephant or rhinoceros ivory that has been poached and sold on the black market.
    2. An artifact that has been smuggled, especially one that is either clear or shiny.
    3. Money paid as a bribe.
    4. (drugs) The crystal form of amphetamine-based drugs.
  10. (slang) One or more diamonds.

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Verb

ice (third-person singular simple present ices, present participle icing, simple past and past participle iced)

  1. (intransitive) To become ice; to freeze.
  2. (transitive) To cool with ice, as a beverage.
  3. (transitive) To make icy; to freeze.
  4. (transitive) To cover with icing (frosting made of sugar and milk or white of egg); to frost; as cakes, tarts, etc.
  5. (transitive, ice hockey) To put out a team for a match.
  6. (transitive, ice hockey) To shoot the puck the length of the playing surface, causing a stoppage in play called icing.
  7. (transitive, slang) To murder.
  8. (transitive, slang) To defeat decisively.

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Translations

References

  • “ice n.1”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present
  • “ice v.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present

Further reading

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Ice”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “ice”, in Mindat.org‎[4], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.
  • ice on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • CEI, EIC, IEC

Hausa

Etymology

Uncertain, perhaps from a Saharan language; compare Dazaga idi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔí.t͡ʃèː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ʔɪ́.t͡ʃèː]

Noun

icḕ m (possessed form icèn)

  1. wood
  2. tree
  3. stick

Latin

Verb

īce

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of īciō

Manchu

Romanization

ice

  1. romanization of ᡳᠴᡝ

Middle English

Noun

ice

  1. alternative form of is (“ice”)

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈiː.t͡ʃe/

Verb

īċe

  1. inflection of īċan:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. singular present subjunctive

Portuguese

Verb

ice

  1. inflection of içar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Salar

Pronunciation

  • (Mengda, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): [eʝɑ]

Noun

ice (3rd person possessive icesi, plural iceler)

  1. alternative form of ica
    Synonym: ama

References

  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “ica, ice, icü...”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, pages 335, 336, 342
  • 张, 进锋 (Ayso Cañ Cinfen) (2008) 乌璐别格 (Ulubeğ), 鄭初陽 (Çuyañ Yebey oğlı Ceñ), editors, Salar İbret Sözler 撒拉尔谚语 [Salar Proverbs]‎[5], China Salar Youth League, pages 3-4


Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈiθe/ [ˈi.θe]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈise/ [ˈi.se]
  • Rhymes: -iθe
  • Rhymes: -ise
  • Syllabification: i‧ce
  • Homophone: hice

Verb

ice

  1. inflection of izar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org