Lickings

Definition

1. (noun) An act of licking.
2. (noun) A severe beating.
3. (noun) A great loss or defeat. “Our football team took a licking last night.”

Anagrams

• slicking

Word stats

• Lickings contains 8 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 6 consonant(s).
• It uses 7 unique letters.
• Estimated syllable count: 2.
• Scrabble-style letter score: 15.

Words you can build

• slicking
• licking
• sicking
• slicing
• clings
• clinks
• icings
• liking
• skiing
• cling
• clink
• icing
• kilns
• kings
• licks
• links
• nicks
• slick
• sling
• slink
• clii
• gins
• ilks
• incs
• inks
• kiln
• king
• lick
• link
• nick
• sick
• sign
• silk
• sing
• sink
• skin
• cis
• gin
• ilk
• inc
• ink
• ins
• kin
• lii
• nil
• sic
• sin
• ski

Word neighbours

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Words starting with LIC

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• licence
• licenced
• licences
• licencing
• license
• licensed
• licensee
• licensees
• licenses
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• licentiate
• licentiates
• licentious
• licentiously
• licentiousness
• lichee
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Words ending with NGS

• ageings
• agings
• airings
• anythings
• awakenings
• awnings
• backings
• bangs
• barrings
• bearings
• beatings
• beginnings
• beings
• belongings
• belongs
• billings
• bindings
• blessings

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