trick: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 11 letter points · starts with T · ends with K
Meaning of trick
noun
Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle.
Example: It was just a trick to say that the house was underpriced.
A single element of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act; a magic trick.
Example: And for my next trick, I will pull a wombat out of a duffel bag.
An entertaining difficult physical action.
Example: That's a nice skateboard, but can you do any tricks on it?
An effective, clever or quick way of doing something.
Example: tricks of the trade; what's the trick of getting this chair to fold up?
Listed forms: tricks.
Source: Wiktionary — trick.
verb
- transitive
To fool; to cause to believe something untrue; to deceive.
Example: You tried to trick me when you said that house was underpriced.
To draw (as contrasted with to blazon, which is to describe in words).
To dress; to decorate; to adorn fantastically; often followed by up, off, or out.
To engage in prostitution or casual sex.
Listed forms: tricks, tricking, tricked.
Source: Wiktionary — trick.
adj
Involving trickery or deception.
Example: trick photography
Able to perform tricks.
Example: A trick pony
Defective or unreliable.
Example: a trick knee
- US, slang
Stylish or cool.
Example: Wow, your new sportscar is so trick.
Listed forms: tricker, trickest.
Source: Wiktionary — trick.
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 trick.
noun
a cunning or deceitful action or device
- fast one
noun
a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
noun
an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
- magic trick
- conjuring trick
- magic
- legerdemain
- conjuration
- thaumaturgy
- illusion
- deception
noun
a prostitute's customer
- whoremaster
- whoremonger
- john
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is trick in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of trick
T(1) + R(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 trick
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 trick
12 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in trick. Showing up to 24, longest first.