Definitions For Pricking

noun

  • The act of puncturing with a small point
  • To make a very small hole in (something) with a sharp pointed object
  • To cause a sharp, painful feeling on or in (part of your body)
  • To make (someone) feel guilt, shame, regret, etc.

Is Pricking a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
17
Words with Friends
21

The word Pricking is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Pricking in a Sentence

  • She felt a prick as the thorn jabbed her foot.
  • He felt the prick of the needle.
  • She felt a prick of jealousy.
  • The nurse pricked my finger and squeezed out a drop of blood.
  • The sharp shells pricked the bottoms of our feet.
  • She was pricked by doubt.

Synonyms for Pricking

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