NIGH is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. NIGH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NIGH?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NIGH is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NIGH
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NIGH scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in NIGH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 12,103.
What does NIGH mean in Scrabble?
adverb
archaic
Near in space or time.
Nigh is the ancestor of near, which began as its comparative form, and of next, which was its superlative. The original word now sounds older than either of its own descendants.
How NIGH is used
After the verb. Archaic and poetic.
- The end was nigh, as the sign kept saying.
- The word nigh is the ancestor of near.
- Near began as the comparative of nigh.
- Next was once the superlative of nigh.
- Nigh now sounds older than its own descendants.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NIGH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NIGH
The 4 tiles of NIGH in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with NIGH
Showing 24 of 98 words that begin with NIGH.
Words ending in NIGH
1 words end in NIGH. Useful as a back hook: play NIGH onto a word already on the board.
Words with NIGH inside
Showing 24 of 83 words that contain NIGH somewhere in the middle. Words that start with NIGH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in NIGH
Common questions about NIGH
- Is NIGH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NIGH, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NIGH worth?
- NIGH is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NIGH mean?
- Near in space or time.
- What letters can be added to NIGH?
- NIGH takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of NIGH:
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