Kicker

What it means

1. (noun) One who kicks.
2. (noun) One who takes kicks.
3. (noun) The kicking strap.
4. (noun) An outboard motor.
5. (noun) An unexpected situation, detail or circumstance, often unpleasant. “John wants to climb the wall, but the kicker is that it is thirty feet tall.”
6. (noun) An enticement for investors, e.g. warranty added to the investment contract.
7. (noun) An unpaired card which is part of a pair, two pair, or three of a kind poker hand. “Jill's hand was two pair, aces and sevens, with a king kicker.”
8. (noun) Small text above a headline that indicates the topic of the story.
9. (noun) The last one or two paragraphs of a story.
10. (noun) A lighthearted or humorous item used to round off a news broadcast.
11. (noun) A device that periodically displaces a newspaper from the print production line, to aid in gathering the newspapers into fixed-size bundles.
12. (noun) A launch ramp.

Letter analysis

• Kicker contains 6 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 4 consonant(s).
• It uses 5 unique letters.
• Estimated syllable count: 2.
• Scrabble-style letter score: 16.

Sub-words

• kick
• rice
• rick
• ice
• ire
• irk

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Words starting with KIC

• kick
• kickback
• kickbacks
• kicked
• kickers
• kickier
• kickiest
• kicking
• kickoff
• kickoffs
• kicks
• kickstand
• kickstands
• kicky

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Words ending with KER

• attacker
• autoworker
• backer
• backpacker
• baker
• banker
• barker
• beaker
• bicker
• biker
• blacker
• blanker
• bleaker
• blinker
• bloodsucker
• bookmaker
• breaker
• brisker

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