NIGRIFY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. NIGRIFY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NIGRIFY?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NIGRIFY is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NIGRIFY
No single letter turns NIGRIFY into another word.
How NIGRIFY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in NIGRIFY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,029 thousand.
What does NIGRIFY mean in Scrabble?
verb
rare
To make black or to blacken.
Nigrify is a rare, learned verb that means nothing more than darkening a surface. It is largely a curiosity of old dictionaries and word lists.
How NIGRIFY is used
Nigrify is seldom used; blacken is the plain everyday word.
- Soot began to nigrify the white walls of the chimney room.
- The old text said the fire would nigrify the pot.
- A thick layer of smoke can nigrify a ceiling in a single winter.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NIGRIFY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NIGRIFY
1 longer words begin with NIGRIFY.
Shorter words from the letters in NIGRIFY
Common questions about NIGRIFY
- Is NIGRIFY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NIGRIFY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NIGRIFY worth?
- NIGRIFY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NIGRIFY mean?
- To make black or to blacken.
- What letters can be added to NIGRIFY?
- No single letter can be added to NIGRIFY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of NIGRIFY:
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