NICK is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. NICK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NICK?
| 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 NICK is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NICK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NICK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in NICK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 36,308.
What does NICK mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small cut or notch in a surface.
Nick means prison and to steal in British slang, and both are nineteenth-century with no agreed link to the notch. In the nick of time uses a third sense, about a precise point.
How NICK is used
Countable. Also a verb: nicked, nicking.
- A nick in the blade catches every time it is used.
- The word nick means prison in British slang.
- They nicked it from the site and were caught on camera.
- In the nick of time uses a third sense of nick.
- Two nicks in the same edge and the tool is finished.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NICK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NICK
Showing 24 of 52 words that begin with NICK.
Words ending in NICK
10 words end in NICK. Useful as a back hook: play NICK onto a word already on the board.
Words with NICK inside
Showing 24 of 92 words that contain NICK somewhere in the middle. Words that start with NICK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in NICK
Common questions about NICK
- Is NICK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NICK, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NICK worth?
- NICK is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NICK mean?
- A small cut or notch in a surface.
- What letters can be added to NICK?
- NICK takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of NICK:
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