NEMN is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. NEMN is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 6 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept NEMN?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NEMN is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NEMN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
nemnsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NEMN scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in NEMN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,892.
What does NEMN mean in Scrabble?
verb
obsolete
To name or call by name.
Nemn is an old form of the verb name that dropped out of ordinary use centuries ago and now appears mainly in historical dictionaries and discussions of archaic English. A writer imitating medieval speech might still choose it for effect.
How NEMN is used
Obsolete; encountered only in older texts or deliberate archaic imitation.
- The old charter was written to nemn the boundaries of the estate.
- He chose to nemn his son after his own father.
- In the chronicle the scribe would nemn each knight in turn.
- To nemn a thing in that period was to give it lasting identity.
- The poet set out to nemn every hero who fell in the battle.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NEMN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NEMN
3 longer words begin with NEMN.
Shorter words from the letters in NEMN
Common questions about NEMN
- Is NEMN valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and NEMN is not in it.
- How many points is NEMN worth?
- NEMN is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NEMN mean?
- To name or call by name.
- What letters can be added to NEMN?
- NEMN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of NEMN:
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