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THICK Word Analysis

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Analysis of THICK

Word Structure

Length: 5 letters

Vowels (1): I

Consonants (4): T, H, C, K

First Letter: T

Last Letter: K

Game Points

Scrabble Points: 14

Words With Friends Points: 14

Word Pattern: T-H-I-C-K

Word Patterns for THICK

Letter Distribution

T

Count: 1

H

Count: 1

I

Count: 1

C

Count: 1

K

Count: 1

Definition of THICK

adjective//θɪk//

Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.

Synonyms: broad, broad, thick, wide
Antonyms: slim, thin, wide

Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.

Examples:

  • "I want some planks that are two inches thick."

Heavy in build; thickset.

Examples:

  • "He had such a thick neck that he had to turn his body to look to the side."
Synonyms: chunky, solid, stocky, thickset
Antonyms: slender, slight, slim, svelte, thin, heavy, large, obese, overweight, strapping

Densely crowded or packed.

Examples:

  • "We walked through thick undergrowth."
Synonyms: crowded, dense, packed, close, compact, crowded, dense, solid, thick, tight
Antonyms: sparse, compact, dense

Having a viscous consistency.

Examples:

  • "My mum’s gravy was thick but at least it moved about."
Synonyms: glutinous, viscous, lentous, glutinous, gooey, slabby, stiff, syrupy, thick, thickflowing, treacly, viscid, viscose, viscous
Antonyms: free-flowing, runny, lacteous, gelatinous, pulpy, resinous, viscous

Abounding in number.

Examples:

  • "The room was thick with reporters."
Synonyms: overflowing, swarming, teeming, abounding, abundant, adequate, ample, bountiful, brimming, comfortable, copious, enough, fecund, fertile, fruitful, galore, generous, lavish, liberal, luxuriant, manysome, numerous, overflowing, plenteous, plentiful, profuse, prolific, replete, rich, rife, sufficient, teeming, thick, wealthy
Antonyms: scant, scarce, slight

Impenetrable to sight.

Examples:

  • "We drove through thick fog."
Synonyms: dense, opaque, solid, adiaphanous, nontransparent, opacous, opacular, opaque, thick
Antonyms: thin, transparent, hazy, opaque, translucent

(Of an accent) Prominent, strong.

(informal) Stupid.

Examples:

  • "He was as thick as two short planks."
Synonyms: dense, dumb, stupid, thick as pigshit, thick as two short planks, addlebrained, addlepated, airheaded, bee-brained, beefheaded, beef-witted, beetle-headed, birdbrained, blockheaded, Boeotian, boofheaded, boneheaded, brainless, bubbleheaded, buffle-headed, bullet-headed, chowderheaded, crackbrained, cretinous, chuckleheaded, dense, dented, dim, dim-bulb, dim-headed, dim-witted, doltish, dopey, dozy, drowsy, dull, dull-headed, dull-minded, dull-witted, dumb, dumber than a box of rocks, dunderheaded, empty-headed, fatheaded, feeble-minded, flea-brained, foolish, fuzzy-headed, fuzzy-minded, half-brained, half-witted, hammer-headed, idiotic, imbecilic, knuckleheaded, lamebrained, lowbrow, lumpish, lunkheaded, mentally challenged, mentally retarded, mindless, monosynaptic, moronic, muttonheaded, nitwitted, numbskulled, oafish, obtuse, peabrained, pratty, pudding-headed, purblind, quarter-witted, retarded, rockheaded, sharp as a bowling ball, sheep-headed, simple, slow, slow-witted, smooth-brained, stolid, stupid, thick, thickheaded, thick-skulled, thickwitted, unapprehensive, unclever, unintelligent, unsmart, vacant, vacuous, witless, wooden-headed, wool-headed, woolly-headed, woolly-minded, dumb as a bag of hammers, dumb as a box of rocks, dumb as a doorknob, dumb as an ox, dumb as a post, dumb as a sack of hammers, dumb as dirt, dumber than a rock, not the sharpest crayon in the box, not the sharpest knife in the drawer, not the sharpest tool in the shed, thick as a brick, thick as a plank, thick as champ, thick as mince, thick as two short planks, thick as a whale omelette, ass-brained, fuckwitted, shit-for-brains, thick as pig shit
Antonyms: brainy, intelligent, smart, brainless, dumb, foolish, idiotic, imbecile, insensible, lowbrow, mindless, stupid, unintelligent, witless

(informal) Friendly or intimate.

Examples:

  • "They were as thick as thieves."
Synonyms: chummy, close, close-knit, friendly, pally, intimate, tight-knit
Antonyms: unacquainted

Deep, intense, or profound.

Examples:

  • "Thick darkness."
Synonyms: great, extreme

(academic) Detailed and expansive; substantive.

(UK, dated) Troublesome; unreasonable.

(slang, chiefly of women) Curvy and voluptuous, and especially having large hips.

Examples:

  • "Alternative forms: (Internet slang) thicc, thic"
Synonyms: built, buxom, chubby, curvaceous, curvesome, curvy, embonpoint, full-figured, juicy, luscious, pneumatic, red-hot, Rubenesque, sonsy, thicc, thick, toothsome, voluptuous, well-endowed, well-proportioned, zaftig
adverb//θɪk//

In a thick manner.

Examples:

  • "Snow lay thick on the ground."

Frequently or numerously.

Examples:

  • "The arrows flew thick and fast around us."
noun//θɪk//

The thickest, or most active or intense, part of something.

Examples:

  • "It was mayhem in the thick of battle."

A thicket.

(slang) A stupid person; a fool.

verb//θɪk//

(archaic, ambitransitive) To thicken.

determiner//θɪk//

Alternative form of thilk (“that same”)

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Words Starting With THICK

Found 15 words:

THICKTHICKEDTHICKENTHICKENEDTHICKENERTHICKENERSTHICKENINGTHICKENINGSTHICKENSTHICKERTHICKESTTHICKETTHICKETEDTHICKETIERTHICKETIEST

Words Ending With THICK

Found 3 words:

OVERTHICKSUPERTHICKTHICK

Words Containing THICK

Found 20 words:

OVERTHICKSUPERTHICKTHICKTHICKEDTHICKENTHICKENEDTHICKENERTHICKENERSTHICKENINGTHICKENINGSTHICKENSTHICKERTHICKESTTHICKETTHICKETEDTHICKETIERTHICKETIESTTHICKETSTHICKETYTHICKHEAD

Words Found Within THICK

Found 4 words:

HICICKHICKTHICK

Using THICK in Word Games

The word "THICK" can be valuable in various word games. Here's how you can use it effectively:

Scrabble Strategy

With a score of 14 points, "THICK" can be particularly effective when placed on premium squares. Look for opportunities to form parallel words or extend existing words on the board.

Words With Friends Tips

Worth 14 points in Words With Friends, "THICK" can be a strategic play. Consider saving it for triple word scores or combining it with high-scoring letters like J, Q, or Z.