NID is valid in Collins, not in North America — 4 points
It depends on the list you play by. NID is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 4 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept NID?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NID is to know. It scores 4 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NID
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NID scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in NID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 749.
What does NID mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicrare
The same as nide: a brood or nest of pheasants.
A nid is one of the many specialised collective nouns that old hunting and falconry manuals used for groups of game birds, comparable to a covey of partridges. It is simply a spelling variant of nide, and both refer to a family group of pheasants seen together.
How NID is used
Found chiefly in older hunting glossaries and word lists, not everyday speech.
- A nid of pheasants scattered as the dogs approached.
- The gamekeeper counted a full nid near the hedge.
- Hunters rarely see a whole nid gathered in the open.
- The old manual lists nid among its terms for game birds.
- A nid settled into the tall grass at dusk.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NID and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NID
The 3 tiles of NID in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with NID
Showing 24 of 50 words that begin with NID.
Words ending in NID
Showing 24 of 30 words that end in NID. Useful as a back hook: play NID onto a word already on the board.
Words with NID inside
Showing 24 of 182 words that contain NID somewhere in the middle. Words that start with NID are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in NID
Common questions about NID
- Is NID valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and NID is not in it.
- How many points is NID worth?
- NID is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NID mean?
- The same as nide: a brood or nest of pheasants.
- What letters can be added to NID?
- NID takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of NID:
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