NIED is valid in Collins, not in North America — 5 points
It depends on the list you play by. NIED 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 5 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept NIED?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NIED is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NIED
No single letter turns NIED into another word.
How NIED scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in NIED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,513.
What stands out about NIED
- 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 NIED mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicrare
To approach or draw near, an archaic word related to nigh.
Nied belongs to the same old word family as nigh and nye, all built around the idea of coming close to something. It survives now mainly as an entry in historical dictionaries and word-game word lists rather than in any living use.
How NIED is used
Archaic; modern English uses approach or draw near.
- The travellers nied the village as darkness fell.
- Winter nied slowly over the hills.
- He watched the storm nied across the bay.
- Their journey's end nied with every passing mile.
- The old rhyme tells how death nied the sleeping king.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NIED and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NIED
The 4 tiles of NIED in a different order — 3 found.
Words ending in NIED
Showing 24 of 37 words that end in NIED. Useful as a back hook: play NIED onto a word already on the board.
Words with NIED inside
1 words contain NIED in the middle. Words that start with NIED are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in NIED
Common questions about NIED
- Is NIED valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and NIED is not in it.
- How many points is NIED worth?
- NIED is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NIED mean?
- To approach or draw near, an archaic word related to nigh.
- What letters can be added to NIED?
- No single letter can be added to NIED to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of NIED:
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