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— English words —

• prickly adj. Covered with sharp points.
• prickly adj. Easily irritated.
• prickly adj. Difficult; complicated; (figuratively) hairy or thorny.
• prickly adv. In a prickly manner.
• prickly n. (Colloquial) Something that gives a pricking sensation; a sharp object.

— English words, defined in French —

• prickly adj. Épineux (chose ou personne).
• prickly adj. Susceptible (personne).

21 English words from 5 English definitions

a␣sharp Colloquial complicated Covered Difficult Easily figuratively gives hairy irritated manner object points pricking prickly sensation sharp Something that thorny with

2 English words from 2 foreign definitions

chose Susceptible

2 foreign words from 2 foreign definitions

Épineux personne

22 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

prickly␣ash prickly␣oak prickly␣heat prickly␣oaks prickly␣pear Prickly␣Pear prickly␣ashes prickly␣hakea prickly␣pears prickly␣poppy prickly␣shark prickly␣hakeas prickly␣poison prickly␣sharks prickly␣lettuce prickly␣poppies prickly␣hornwort prickly␣lettuces prickly␣saltwort prickly␣saltworts prickly␣pear␣cactus Prickly␣Pear␣Island

One time in the middle (New word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

western␣prickly␣juniper

2 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

unprickly nonprickly

12 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ick ICK -ick kly Kly PRI prick Ric RIC -ric rick Rick

6 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

CIR cir. Cir. -cir- irp IRP

One anagram found with an extra letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

picklery

4 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

lyrick pickly picryl pricky

4 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

brickly pricily prickle trickly

2 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

pickly pricky

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