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— English words —

• ticking␣clock n. (Writing) A literary device in which the protagonist has a strict time limit, used to heighten tension.
• ticking␣clock n. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tick, clock.

24 English words from 2 English definitions

clock device figuratively has heighten idiomatically limit literary literary␣device other other␣than protagonist see strict tension than the tick time time␣limit used used␣to which Writing

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

CKI CKIN Clo CLO clock Clock ick ICK -ick ing -ing -ïng kin Kin -kin k'in -kin- king King loc LoC LOC 'loc loc. lock Lock -lock NGC ock -ock tic TIC -tic tick tickin' ticking

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

CGN cit cit. col Col COL col- col. Col. -col- GNI LCG Nik -nik OLC

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

ticking␣a␣lock

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