stick: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 11 letter points · starts with S · ends with K
Meaning of stick
noun
- countable, uncountable
An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton. A small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch.
Example: The beaver's dam was made out of sticks.
- countable, uncountable
An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton. A relatively long, thin piece of wood, of any size.
Example: I found several good sticks in the brush heap.
- US, countable, uncountable
An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton. A timber board, especially a two by four (inches).
Example: I found enough sticks in dumpsters at construction sites to build my shed.
- countable, uncountable
An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton. A cane or walking stick (usually wooden, metal or plastic) to aid in walking.
Example: I don’t need my stick to walk, but it’s helpful.
Listed forms: sticks, sticke.
Source: Wiktionary — stick.
verb
To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint.
- transitive
To furnish or set with sticks.
To hit with a stick.
- dated, slang, transitive
To compose; to set, or arrange, in a composing stick.
Listed forms: sticks, sticking, sticked, sticke.
Source: Wiktionary — stick.
noun
- countable
A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab; an instance of sticking (pricking or piercing).
- countable, uncountable
An instance of piercing someone with a needle, e.g. to draw blood or start an IV.
- colloquial, countable, uncountable
A person whom one is piercing with a needle to draw blood or start an IV (especially in the context of how difficult or easy this is).
- uncountable
The tendency to stick (remain stuck), stickiness.
Listed forms: sticks.
Source: Wiktionary — stick.
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 stick.
noun
a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane
- control stick
- joystick
noun
informal terms for the leg
noun
marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
verb
put, fix, force, or implant
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is stick in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of stick
S(1) + T(1) + I(1) + C(3) + K(5) = 11 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 stick
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from stick
23 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in stick. Showing up to 24, longest first.