Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spillikins

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: spillikins
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of spillikin

noun

A game in which players attempt to remove flat, carved sticks of ivory or wood (the individual spillikins of meaning 1) from a scattered pile without disturbing any stick other than the one currently being removed.

Uncountable

noun

Alternative spelling of spillikins.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Spillikins is a game of skill."
"Charlie loves playing spillikins."
"Our little visitor has just left us [...].–Half her time here was spent at Spillikins; which I consider as a very valuable part of our Household furniture, & as not the least important Benefaction– from the family of Knight to that of Austen."
"But she was much too impatient to be good at spillikins, moving them too fast, not wheedling them out by delicate degrees. (page 109) After the news of Bunty’s father, Emily became increasingly quiet and withdrawn. [...] Her homework done, she sat playing endless solitary games – of patience or spillikins or draughts. (page 158)"
"Spillikins is played the same way that early versions of Jack Straw and the American “pick up sticks” are."

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

spellicans (alternative)

Synonyms

jackstraws

Questions

What does spillikins mean?: plural of spillikin

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