Scrabble Word Finder

NICE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points

Yes. NICE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.

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PlayableNICE · 4 letters · 6 pts Scrabble · 8 pts WWF
6points in Scrabble
8points in Words with Friends
4letters
1hook available
1 in 3,026odds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept NICE?

Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, ThailandValid
Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, ThailandValid
Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countriesValid
Words with FriendsZynga word listValid

Word power: 34 / 100

34WORD POWER
Points per tile 35%
1.5
Hooks 25%
1
Bingo potential 20%
no
Tile availability 20%
7.25%

Our own measure of how useful NICE is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for NICE

Front hooks — 0

None.

Back hooks — 1

nicer7

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.

How NICE scores

Scrabble n1i1c3e1 6
Words with Friends n2i1c4e1 8

Face value of the 4 tiles in NICE, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

LetterNeededIn the bag
n16
i19
c12
e112

Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,026.

What does NICE mean in Scrabble?

adjective

Pleasant, agreeable, or satisfactory.

Nice is one of the most overused words of approval in English, applied to almost anything from weather to people to food, which is why careful writers often look for a more specific word instead. Its meaning has drifted greatly over centuries, once meaning foolish or overly particular.

How NICE is used

Very common and informal in tone even though grammatically standard; frequently criticised as vague.

Written for this site: 1 meaning of NICE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.

Anagrams of NICE

cine6

The 4 tiles of NICE in a different order — 1 found.

Words starting with NICE

nicer7 nicely11 nicest8 nicety11 niceish12 niceness10 niceties10 nicenesses12

8 longer words begin with NICE.

Words ending in NICE

cornice11 overnice13

2 words end in NICE. Useful as a back hook: play NICE onto a word already on the board.

Words with NICE inside

uniced9 corniced13 cornices12 fornices13 lonicera10 loniceras11 overnicely18 unicentral12 unicellular13 overniceness17 underniceness16 overnicenesses19 unicellularity19 undernicenesses18

14 words contain NICE in the middle. Words that start with NICE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.

Shorter words from the letters in NICE

ice5 nie3 en2 in2 ne2

Common questions about NICE

Is NICE valid in Words with Friends?
Yes. Words with Friends accepts NICE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is NICE worth?
NICE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
What does NICE mean?
Pleasant, agreeable, or satisfactory.
What letters can be added to NICE?
NICE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.

Every word you can build from the 4 letters of NICE:

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