NISEI is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. NISEI 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 NISEI?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NISEI is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 8.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NISEI
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
niseisChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NISEI scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in NISEI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 7,262.
What does NISEI mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A person born in the United States or Canada whose parents emigrated from Japan.
The term nisei marks a very specific generation: children of Japanese immigrants who grew up as citizens of a new country, fluent in ways their parents often were not. It sits between issei, the immigrant generation itself, and sansei, the grandchildren further removed from Japan. During the Second World War, many nisei were forcibly relocated to internment camps in North America despite holding citizenship since childhood. Writers and historians still reach for nisei when describing the particular experience of growing up caught between two cultures.
How NISEI is used
Used in historical and cultural writing about Japanese immigrant communities in North America.
- Her grandfather, a nisei, grew up speaking both Japanese and English at home.
- Many nisei families were forced into internment camps during the war.
- The nisei generation often served as a bridge between two cultures.
- He wrote a memoir about growing up as a nisei in California.
- The museum exhibit tells the story of nisei communities across the country.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NISEI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NISEI
1 longer words begin with NISEI.
Words with NISEI inside
3 words contain NISEI in the middle. Words that start with NISEI are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in NISEI
Common questions about NISEI
- Is NISEI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NISEI, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NISEI worth?
- NISEI is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NISEI mean?
- A person born in the United States or Canada whose parents emigrated from Japan.
- What letters can be added to NISEI?
- NISEI takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of NISEI:
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