NEITHER is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. NEITHER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NEITHER?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NEITHER is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NEITHER
No single letter turns NEITHER into another word.
How NEITHER scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in NEITHER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 62,381.
What does NEITHER mean in Scrabble?
conjunction
Not one and not the other of two things; used before the first of two negative choices, usually followed by nor.
Neither works as a pronoun, a determiner or a conjunction, and in each use it denies both options in a pair. It is the negative partner of either. Careful writers match its verb to a singular subject, though plural verbs are common in speech.
How NEITHER is used
Neither is used in the pattern neither X nor Y, and alone to refuse both choices.
- Neither the rain nor the cold stopped us.
- I like neither coffee nor tea.
- Neither of the twins came to the party.
- Which one do you want? Neither, thanks.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NEITHER and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NEITHER
The 7 tiles of NEITHER in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in NEITHER
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Common questions about NEITHER
- Is NEITHER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NEITHER, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NEITHER worth?
- NEITHER is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NEITHER mean?
- Not one and not the other of two things; used before the first of two negative choices, usually followed by nor.
- What letters can be added to NEITHER?
- No single letter can be added to NEITHER to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of NEITHER:
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