NELLIE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. NELLIE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NELLIE?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NELLIE is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NELLIE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
nelliesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NELLIE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in NELLIE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 55,745.
What does NELLIE mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalnauticalhistorical
A sailors' nickname for a type of albatross, a large seabird of the Southern Ocean.
Nellie was informal sailors' slang for one of the albatrosses, the huge seabirds that follow ships for days over the open ocean, gliding on long, narrow wings without effort. Sailors on long voyages gave many seabirds informal names, and nellie was one of several nicknames used for the albatrosses that trailed ships in southern waters. The name appears mainly in older nautical writing and natural-history accounts rather than in modern ornithology, where albatross species now go by their proper common names.
How NELLIE is used
Old-fashioned, informal nautical name for a type of albatross, rarely used today.
- Sailors called the big grey seabird trailing the ship a nellie.
- A nellie glided behind the boat for hours without landing.
- The old logbook mentions a nellie following the fleet.
- Whalers used nellie as a name for the wandering albatross.
- The naturalist noted every nellie that circled the mast.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NELLIE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NELLIE
1 longer words begin with NELLIE.
Shorter words from the letters in NELLIE
Common questions about NELLIE
- Is NELLIE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NELLIE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NELLIE worth?
- NELLIE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NELLIE mean?
- A sailors' nickname for a type of albatross, a large seabird of the Southern Ocean.
- What letters can be added to NELLIE?
- NELLIE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of NELLIE:
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