sick: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 10 letter points · starts with S · ends with K
Meaning of sick
adj
In poor health; ill.
Example: We have to care for the sick.
In poor health; ill. [with with] Afflicted by (a specific condition, usually medical).
Example: She was sick all day with the flu.
Having an urge to vomit.
Example: My daughter was violently sick three times in the night.
- colloquial
Mentally unstable, disturbed.
Example: You sick bastard!
Listed forms: sicker, sickest.
Source: Wiktionary — sick.
noun
- Australia, UK, colloquial, uncountable
Vomit.
- UK, colloquial, uncountable
(especially in the phrases on the sick and on long-term sick) Any of various current or former benefits or allowances paid by the Government to support the sick, disabled or incapacitated.
Source: Wiktionary — sick.
verb
- Australia, UK, colloquial
To vomit.
Example: I woke up at 4 am and sicked on the floor.
- intransitive
To fall sick; to sicken.
Listed forms: sicks, sicking, sicked.
Source: Wiktionary — sick.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for sick.
adjective
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
adjective
feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit
adjective
affected with madness or insanity
adjective
having a strong distaste from surfeit
- disgusted
- fed up
- sick of
- tired of
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is sick in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of sick
S(1) + I(1) + C(3) + K(5) = 10 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of sick
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from sick
9 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in sick. Showing up to 24, longest first.