Definition of cricks

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • cricks is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 14
  • cricks is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 14
  • cricks is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 16

Definition of cricks


  • a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British) (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. kink
    2. rick
    3. wrick
  • English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004) (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. francis crick
    2. francis henry compton crick
  • twist (a body part) into a strained position (verb)

    Examples

    1. crick your neck

See definition of cricks in Merriam Webster