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Is sickness a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word sickness is a Scrabble US word. The word sickness is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

S1I1C3K5N1E1S1S1

Is sickness a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word sickness is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

S1I1C3K5N1E1S1S1

Is sickness a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word sickness is a Words With Friends word. The word sickness is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1I1C4K5N2E1S1S1

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8-letter words (1 found)

SICKNESS,

7-letter words (1 found)

SICKENS,

6-letter words (7 found)

KISSES,NISSES,SENSIS,SICKEN,SKEINS,SNECKS,SNICKS,

5-letter words (21 found)

CINES,KINES,NECKS,NICKS,NISSE,SENSI,SICES,SICKS,SIENS,SIKES,SINCE,SINES,SINKS,SISES,SKEIN,SKENS,SKIES,SKINS,SNECK,SNICK,SNIES,

4-letter words (35 found)

CENS,CESS,CINE,EIKS,ICES,ICKS,INKS,KENS,KINE,KINS,KISS,NECK,NEKS,NESS,NICE,NICK,NIES,SECS,SEIK,SEIS,SENS,SESS,SICE,SICK,SICS,SIEN,SIES,SIKE,SINE,SINK,SINS,SISS,SKEN,SKIN,SKIS,

3-letter words (23 found)

CIS,EIK,ENS,ESS,ICE,ICK,IKE,INK,INS,KEN,KIN,KIS,NEK,NIE,NIS,SEC,SEI,SEN,SIC,SIK,SIN,SIS,SKI,

2-letter words (7 found)

EN,ES,IN,IS,KI,NE,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 96 words from sickness according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of sickness

sickness

Etymology

From Middle English sikness, from Old English sēocnes. By surface analysis, sick +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪknɪs/
  • Hyphenation: sick‧ness
  • Rhymes: -ɪknɪs

Noun

sickness (usually uncountable, plural sicknesses)

  1. The quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness.
    • 18th century, Alexander Pope, Epistle to Miss Blount
  2. Nausea; qualmishness; as, sickness of stomach.
  3. (linguistics) The analogical misuse of a rarer or marked grammatical case in the place of a more common or unmarked case.

Synonyms

  • (quality or state of being sick): disease, illness, infirmity, malady

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References

  • “sickness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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