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sickle
adjective
1. Shaped like the blade of a sickle; crescent-shaped: a sickle moon.
2. Having the form of a sickle blade having a curve similar to that of a sickle blade .
noun
1. An implement having a semicircular blade attached to a short handle, used for cutting grain or tall grass.
2. The cutting mechanism of a reaper or mower.
3. An agricultural implement consisting of a curved metal blade with a short handle fitted on a tang.
4. The cutting mechanism (as of a reaper, combine, or mower) consisting of a bar with a series of cutting elements.
verb
1. To mow or reap with a sickle.
2. To change (a red blood cell) into a sickle cell.
3. To change into a sickle cell .
verb-intransitive
1. To assume an abnormal crescent shape. Used of red blood cells.
verb-transitive
1. To cut with a sickle.
2. To deform (a red blood cell) into an abnormal crescent shape.
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Top Words by points |
Points |
Word Game |
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sickle | 12 |
Scrabble |
2 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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si | 2 |
ki | 6 |
li | 2 |
is | 2 |
es | 2 |
el | 2 |
3 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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sei | 3 |
sec | 5 |
cis | 5 |
lis | 3 |
sel | 3 |
lie | 3 |
lek | 7 |
lei | 3 |
sic | 5 |
kis | 7 |
ski | 7 |
ilk | 7 |
ick | 9 |
ice | 5 |
cel | 5 |
elk | 7 |
els | 3 |
4 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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like | 8 |
silk | 8 |
sike | 8 |
sick | 10 |
sice | 6 |
ceil | 6 |
cels | 6 |
isle | 4 |
lies | 4 |
lick | 10 |
lice | 6 |
leks | 8 |
leis | 4 |
elks | 8 |
ices | 6 |
icks | 10 |
ilks | 8 |
5 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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licks | 11 |
slick | 11 |
slice | 7 |
ceils | 7 |
likes | 9 |
6 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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sickle | 12 |