NIDE is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. NIDE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NIDE?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NIDE is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NIDE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NIDE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in NIDE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,513.
What stands out about NIDE
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does NIDE mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicrare
A nest or brood of pheasants.
Nide is an old collective term from falconry and hunting vocabulary, used the way a flock is used for birds in general, so a nide of pheasants means either the nest itself or the young birds hatched together in it. The word mostly survives now in lists of collective nouns rather than in ordinary speech.
How NIDE is used
Archaic and rare; found mainly in lists of collective nouns and older hunting texts.
- The gamekeeper found a nide of pheasants in the hedge.
- Old hunting manuals list a nide as the proper term for young pheasants.
- They came across a nide hidden among the tall grass.
- The book of collective nouns names a nide of pheasants.
- A nide was spotted near the edge of the wood at dawn.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NIDE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NIDE
The 4 tiles of NIDE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with NIDE
6 longer words begin with NIDE.
Words ending in NIDE
19 words end in NIDE. Useful as a back hook: play NIDE onto a word already on the board.
Words with NIDE inside
Showing 24 of 44 words that contain NIDE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with NIDE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in NIDE
Common questions about NIDE
- Is NIDE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NIDE, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NIDE worth?
- NIDE is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NIDE mean?
- A nest or brood of pheasants.
- What letters can be added to NIDE?
- NIDE takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of NIDE:
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