NICTITATE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. NICTITATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NICTITATE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NICTITATE is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NICTITATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NICTITATE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in NICTITATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 3 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NICTITATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does NICTITATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To blink or wink, especially by moving a thin inner eyelid.
Birds and some reptiles nictitate with a clear third eyelid that sweeps across the eye. The word is rare outside zoology and anatomy.
How NICTITATE is used
Formal and scientific; rarely used in everyday speech.
- Owls nictitate to protect their eyes.
- The lizard seemed to nictitate in the bright light.
- A hawk will nictitate as it dives.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NICTITATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NICTITATE
2 longer words begin with NICTITATE.
Shorter words from the letters in NICTITATE
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Common questions about NICTITATE
- Is NICTITATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NICTITATE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NICTITATE worth?
- NICTITATE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NICTITATE mean?
- To blink or wink, especially by moving a thin inner eyelid.
- What letters can be added to NICTITATE?
- NICTITATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of NICTITATE:
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