NEBBISH is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. NEBBISH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NEBBISH?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 57 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NEBBISH is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NEBBISH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How NEBBISH scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in NEBBISH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| b | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,088 thousand.
What does NEBBISH mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A timid, ineffectual person who is regarded with pity.
Nebbish comes from Yiddish and is gently mocking rather than cruel. Comic films and novels often cast a hapless, apologetic hero as a nebbish.
How NEBBISH is used
Nebbish is informal and can also be used as an adjective.
- The nebbish clerk apologised to the chair he bumped into.
- Woody Allen often played the nebbish who never got the girl.
- No one expected the quiet nebbish to stand up to the boss.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NEBBISH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NEBBISH
7 longer words begin with NEBBISH.
Shorter words from the letters in NEBBISH
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Common questions about NEBBISH
- Is NEBBISH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NEBBISH, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NEBBISH worth?
- NEBBISH is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NEBBISH mean?
- A timid, ineffectual person who is regarded with pity.
- What letters can be added to NEBBISH?
- NEBBISH takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of NEBBISH:
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