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Is slice a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word slice is a Scrabble US word. The word slice is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is slice a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word slice is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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5-letter words (4 found)

CEILS,CIELS,CLIES,SLICE,

4-letter words (11 found)

CEIL,CELS,CIEL,ICES,ISLE,LEIS,LICE,LIES,SEIL,SICE,SILE,

3-letter words (12 found)

CEL,CIS,ELS,ICE,LEI,LES,LIE,LIS,SEC,SEI,SEL,SIC,

2-letter words (5 found)

EL,ES,IS,LI,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 33 words from slice according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of slice

slice lsice silce islce lisce ilsce slcie lscie sclie cslie lcsie clsie sicle iscle scile csile icsle cisle licse ilcse lcise clise iclse cilse sliec lsiec silec islec lisec ilsec sleic lseic selic eslic lesic elsic sielc iselc seilc esilc ieslc eislc liesc ilesc leisc elisc ielsc eilsc slcei lscei sclei cslei lcsei clsei sleci lseci selci eslci lesci elsci sceli cseli secli escli cesli ecsli lcesi clesi lecsi elcsi celsi eclsi sicel iscel sciel csiel icsel cisel siecl isecl seicl esicl iescl eiscl sceil cseil secil escil cesil ecsil icesl ciesl iecsl eicsl ceisl ecisl lices ilces lcies clies icles ciles liecs ilecs leics elics ielcs eilcs lceis cleis lecis elcis celis eclis icels ciels iecls eicls ceils ecils

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Definitions and meaning of slice

slice

Etymology

From Middle English sclise, sklise, from Old French esclice, esclis (“a piece split off”), deverbal of esclicer, esclicier (“to splinter, split up”), from Frankish *slitjan (“to split up”), from Proto-Germanic *slitjaną, from Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to split, tear apart”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyd- (“to rend, injure, crumble”). Akin to Old High German sliz, gisliz (“a tear, rip”), Old High German slīzan (“to tear”), Old English slītan (“to split up”), modern French éclisse. More at slite, slit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slaɪs/
  • Rhymes: -aɪs

Noun

slice (plural slices)

  1. That which is thin and broad.
  2. A thin, broad piece cut off.
  3. (colloquial) An amount of anything.
  4. A piece of pizza, shaped like a sector of a circle.
  5. (British) A snack consisting of pastry with savoury filling.
  6. A broad, thin piece of plaster.
  7. A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink.
  8. A salver, platter, or tray.
  9. A plate of iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a spadelike implement, variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel.
  10. One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.
  11. (printing) A removable sliding bottom to a galley.
  12. (golf) A shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the right. See fade, hook, draw.
    Synonyms: banana ball, banana slice
  13. (Australia, New Zealand, UK) Any of a class of heavy cakes or desserts made in a tray and cut out into squarish slices.
  14. (medicine) A section of image taken of an internal organ using MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), CT (computed tomography), or various forms of x-ray.
  15. (falconry) A hawk's or falcon's dropping which squirts at an angle other than vertical. (See mute.)
  16. (programming) A contiguous portion of an array.

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Verb

slice (third-person singular simple present slices, present participle slicing, simple past and past participle sliced)

  1. (transitive) To cut into slices.
  2. (transitive) To cut with an edge using a drawing motion.
  3. (transitive) To clear (e.g. a fire, or the grate bars of a furnace) by means of a slice bar.
  4. (transitive, badminton) To hit the shuttlecock with the racket at an angle, causing it to move sideways and downwards.
  5. (transitive, golf) To hit a shot that slices (travels from left to right for a right-handed player).
  6. (transitive, rowing) To angle the blade so that it goes too deeply into the water when starting to take a stroke.
  7. (transitive, soccer) To kick the ball so that it goes in an unintended direction, at too great an angle or too high.
  8. (transitive, tennis) To hit the ball with a stroke that causes a spin, resulting in the ball swerving or staying low after a bounce.

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Adjective

slice (not comparable)

  1. (mathematics) Having the properties of a slice knot.

Anagrams

  • -sicle, Celis, ILECs, Leics, Sicel, ceils, ciels, clies, sicle

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slajs/

Verb

slice

  1. inflection of slicer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *sleggio, from *sleg, from Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, strike, throw”). See also Ancient Greek λᾰκίζω (lakízō, “to tear apart”).

Noun

slice m (nominative plural slici)

  1. shell

Inflection

Derived terms

  • slicén

Descendants

  • Irish: slige
  • Manx: shlig
  • Scottish Gaelic: slige

References


Source: wiktionary.org