NICOL is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. NICOL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NICOL?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NICOL is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NICOL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
nicolsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NICOL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in NICOL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What does NICOL mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A prism made from calcite, used to produce or analyse plane-polarised light, named after its inventor William Nicol.
A nicol, short for Nicol prism, is built from two pieces of calcite crystal cemented together in a way that splits light and lets only one polarised ray pass through. Scientists once relied on nicols in polarising microscopes to study minerals and crystals, and geologists still describe viewing a sample under crossed nicols. Later inventions such as Polaroid film largely replaced the nicol for everyday use, though the term remains standard in older optical instruments.
How NICOL is used
Technical term from optics and mineralogy, often heard in the phrase crossed nicols.
- The geologist rotated the sample under crossed nicols.
- A nicol splits ordinary light into two polarised rays.
- The old microscope still used a genuine nicol for polarising light.
- Students learned how a nicol produces plane-polarised light.
- The mineral changed colour dramatically when viewed through a nicol.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NICOL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NICOL
The 5 tiles of NICOL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with NICOL
1 longer words begin with NICOL.
Words ending in NICOL
1 words end in NICOL. Useful as a back hook: play NICOL onto a word already on the board.
Words with NICOL inside
16 words contain NICOL in the middle. Words that start with NICOL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in NICOL
Common questions about NICOL
- Is NICOL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NICOL, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NICOL worth?
- NICOL is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NICOL mean?
- A prism made from calcite, used to produce or analyse plane-polarised light, named after its inventor William Nicol.
- What letters can be added to NICOL?
- NICOL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of NICOL:
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