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Term: tick

All the wordplay possibilities with the word "tick": spelling, phonetic, and semantic.

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tick

Definitions

Noun

  1. A metallic tapping sound
  2. Any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals
  3. A mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.
  4. A light mattress

Verb

  1. Make a clicking or ticking sound
  2. Make a sound like a clock or a timer
  3. Sew
  4. Put a check mark on or near or next to
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "tick".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 stick 1 39
2 sticks 1 22
3 ticket 2 16
4 tickets 2 14
5 sticky 2 9
6 sticking 2 8
7 stickney 2 5
8 lipstick 2 3
9 tick 1 3
10 slapstick 2 2
11 stickler 3 2
12 ticked 1 2
13 tickled 2 2
14 ticks 1 2
15 yardstick 2 2
16 candlestick 3 1
17 politicking 4 1
18 ticker 2 1
19 ticking 2 1
20 bittick 2 0
21 bostick 2 0
22 broomstick 2 0
23 broomsticks 2 0
24 bumpersticker 4 0
25 bumperstickers 4 0
26 candlesticks 3 0
27 capstick 2 0
28 chittick 2 0
29 chopstick 2 0
30 chopsticks 2 0
31 dipstick 2 0
32 drumstick 2 0
33 furtick 2 0
34 haverstick 3 0
35 hettick 2 0
36 joystick 2 0
37 kostick 2 0
38 krutick 2 0
39 lipsticks 2 0
40 mattick 2 0
41 mcclintick 3 0
42 natick 2 0
43 nightstick 2 0
44 nightsticks 2 0
45 non-stick 2 0
46 nonstick 2 0
47 pitstick 2 0
48 schtick 1 0
49 shtick 1 0
50 sticka 2 0
51 stickball 2 0
52 stickel 2 0
53 stickels 2 0
54 sticker 2 0
55 stickers 2 0
56 stickier 3 0
57 stickiest 3 0
58 stickland 2 0
59 stickle 2 0
60 stickles 2 0
61 stickley 2 0
62 sticktight 2 0
63 sticktights 2 0
64 ticket's 2 0
65 ticketed 3 0
66 ticketing 3 0
67 ticketless 3 0
68 ticketmaster 4 0
69 ticketmaster's 4 0
70 ticketron 3 0
71 tickle 2 0
72 tickles 2 0
73 ticklish 3 0
74 tickner 2 0
75 ticknor 2 0
76 uptick 2 0
77 upticks 2 0
78 yardsticks 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "tick".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 stick 1 39
2 schtick 1 0
3 shtick 1 0
4 tic 1 0

Spelled Like

Words that are spelled similarly to the term "tick".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 thick 1 67
2 stick 1 39
3 sticks 1 22
4 ticket 2 16
5 trick 1 15
6 sticky 2 9
7 tricks 1 8
8 ticks 1 2
9 ticked 1 2
10 tricky 2 1
11 ticker 2 1
12 tic 1 0
13 uptick 2 0
14 tunick 2 0
15 tickle 2 0
16 strick 1 0
17 sticka 2 0
18 shtick 1 0
19 natick 2 0
20 zick 1 0

Words That Follow

Words that often follow the term "tick" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

Words that often precede the term "tick" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

Words that are statistically associated with "tick" in the same piece of text.

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

Words that contain the same consonants as the term "tick".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 tack 1 4
2 tuck 1 2
3 teck 1 0
4 teck's 1 0
5 tock 1 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 8

Fragments: 78

Sound Alikes: 4

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 5

Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.

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This Word in the News:

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Mar 13, 2026 ESPN
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Mar 13, 2026 NBC Connecticut
Ticks carrying more than one pathogen are on the rise in US Northeast
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Newly Identified Tick-Borne Bacterium In US Dogs
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More ticks are carrying multiple diseases, including Lyme, study shows
Mar 13, 2026 Times Union
VLCC rates tick down as ships ballast away from China seeking new cargoes
Mar 13, 2026 Tradewinds News
Tick season expected to be one of the worst on record, scientists say
Mar 11, 2026 WFSB

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