Definitions for chicles

chicles chic·le

Spelling: [chik-uh l]
IPA: /ˈtʃɪk əl/

Chicles is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 117 anagrams from letters in chicles (ccehils).

Definitions for chicles

noun

  1. a gumlike substance obtained from the latex of certain tropical American trees, as the sapodilla, used chiefly in the manufacture of chewing gum.

Origin of chicles

1860-65, Americanism; Mexican Spanish Nahuatl tzictli

Examples for chicles

I sent them with four pit-pan loads of chicle down the river.

The bleeding season for chicle begins with the first rainfall.

With chicle at fifty cents a pound at the dock, that should yield a profit.

There is a net profit of twenty-five cents a pound on chicle.

A few sacks of chicle had drifted away in the night, that was all.

I import into Honduras every year more than two million pounds of chicle.

The camp in which Johnny had enjoyed his wild turkey dinner was a chicle camp.

The whole pile of chicle at that end is gone, and the silver box with it!

And this tiger is old, fairly gray bearded, the chicle buyer said.

And about it, above, below, on every side were other sacks of chicle.

Word Value for chicles
Scrable

13

Words with friends

15

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