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Is sticky a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word sticky is a Scrabble US word. The word sticky is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

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Is sticky a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word sticky is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

S1T1I1C3K5Y4

Is sticky a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word sticky is a Words With Friends word. The word sticky is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

STICKY,

5-letter words (4 found)

SICKY,STICK,TICKS,TICKY,

4-letter words (13 found)

CIST,CITS,CITY,CYST,ICKS,ICKY,KIST,KITS,SICK,SKIT,TICK,TICS,TIKS,

3-letter words (17 found)

CIS,CIT,ICK,ICY,ITS,KIS,KIT,SIC,SIK,SIT,SKI,SKY,STY,TIC,TIK,TIS,TSK,

2-letter words (7 found)

IS,IT,KI,KY,SI,ST,TI,

You can make 42 words from sticky according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of sticky

sticky

Etymology

From stick +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstɪki/
  • Rhymes: -ɪki

Adjective

sticky (comparative stickier, superlative stickiest)

  1. Tending to stick; able to adhere via the drying of a viscous substance.
  2. Difficult, awkward.
  3. Of a death: unpleasant, grisly.
  4. Of weather: hot and windless and with high humidity, so that people feel sticky from sweating.
  5. (finance) Tending to stay the same; resistant to change.
  6. (computing, informal, of a setting) Persistent.
  7. (computing, of a window) Appearing on all virtual desktops.
  8. (Internet, of threads on a bulletin board) Fixed at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.
  9. (Internet, of a website) Compelling enough to keep visitors from leaving.
  10. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a stick.

Synonyms

  • (able or likely to adhere): claggy, tenacious; see also Thesaurus:adhesive
  • (hot, windless and humid): close, muggy, sultry; see also Thesaurus:muggy

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See also

  • tacky

Noun

sticky (countable and uncountable, plural stickies)

  1. A sticky note, such as a post-it note.
    Her desk is covered with yellow stickies.
  2. (Internet) A discussion thread fixed at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.
  3. (manufacturing) A small adhesive particle found in wastepaper.
  4. (Australia, colloquial) A sweet dessert wine.
  5. (slang) Sticky-icky; marijuana, especially the sticky, resin-covered buds.
  6. (obsolete, slang, uncountable) Wax.

Translations

Verb

sticky (third-person singular simple present stickies, present participle stickying, simple past and past participle stickied)

  1. (Internet, bulletin boards, transitive) to fix a thread at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.

Translations

References

  • “sticky”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Source: wiktionary.org