NIBBLE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. NIBBLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NIBBLE?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NIBBLE is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NIBBLE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NIBBLE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in NIBBLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| b | 2 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 459,897.
What does NIBBLE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To eat something by taking small, gentle bites, or to bite at something lightly and repeatedly.
People nibble when they are not very hungry, when food is hot or when they want to make a snack last. Fish nibble at bait before they take it, and mice nibble at cheese in the cupboard. The verb also works figuratively: costs can nibble away at savings, and a rival can nibble at a lead. As a noun, a nibble is both the small bite itself and a first tentative sign of interest from a buyer.
How NIBBLE is used
Common in everyday speech and in the phrase nibble away at.
- She would nibble a biscuit while she read.
- Rabbits nibble the young shoots in the garden.
- The fish began to nibble at the bait.
- Rising prices nibble away at what we save.
- He liked to nibble his pencil when he was thinking.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NIBBLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NIBBLE
4 longer words begin with NIBBLE.
Shorter words from the letters in NIBBLE
Common questions about NIBBLE
- Is NIBBLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NIBBLE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NIBBLE worth?
- NIBBLE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NIBBLE mean?
- To eat something by taking small, gentle bites, or to bite at something lightly and repeatedly.
- What letters can be added to NIBBLE?
- NIBBLE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of NIBBLE:
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