NIP is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. NIP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NIP?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NIP is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NIP
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NIP scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in NIP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,497.
What does NIP mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small sharp bite or pinch.
Nip covers a bite, a small drink and a sharpness in the air, and all three grow from the same idea of something taken in a very small amount. The drink sense is a shortening of nipperkin, a measure nobody uses now.
How NIP is used
Noun and verb. Nipped, nipping.
- A nip from a small dog is worse than a bite from a large one.
- There is a nip in the air by the end of September.
- He nipped out and came back with the wrong bread.
- A nip of whisky is a shortening of nipperkin.
- The word nip covers a bite and a drink alike.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NIP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NIP
The 3 tiles of NIP in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with NIP
Showing 24 of 29 words that begin with NIP.
Words ending in NIP
7 words end in NIP. Useful as a back hook: play NIP onto a word already on the board.
Words with NIP inside
Showing 24 of 157 words that contain NIP somewhere in the middle. Words that start with NIP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in NIP
Common questions about NIP
- Is NIP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NIP, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NIP worth?
- NIP is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NIP mean?
- A small sharp bite or pinch.
- What letters can be added to NIP?
- NIP takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of NIP:
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