8 letters · 17 points in Scrabble
adjective difficult to handle; requiring great tact
originEtymology tree English tickle Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English ticklish From tickle + -ish.
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