NIT is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. NIT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NIT?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NIT is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NIT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NIT scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in NIT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 499.
What does NIT mean in Scrabble?
noun
The egg of a louse.
Nitpicking is literal in origin: taking eggs out of hair one at a time is exactly as tedious as the word suggests. The British insult nit, meaning a fool, is a shortening of nitwit and a separate thing entirely.
How NIT is used
Countable: a nit, two nits.
- A nit is the egg and the louse is the insect.
- Picking a nit out of hair was a real job before it was a complaint.
- The word nit meaning a fool is short for nitwit.
- Two nits on one hair is how the comb finds them.
- Nits survive a wash and lice do not.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NIT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NIT
The 3 tiles of NIT in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with NIT
Showing 24 of 146 words that begin with NIT.
Words ending in NIT
Showing 24 of 26 words that end in NIT. Useful as a back hook: play NIT onto a word already on the board.
Words with NIT inside
Showing 24 of 1360 words that contain NIT somewhere in the middle. Words that start with NIT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in NIT
Common questions about NIT
- Is NIT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NIT, where it scores 4 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NIT worth?
- NIT is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NIT mean?
- The egg of a louse.
- What letters can be added to NIT?
- NIT takes 5 hooks: 3 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of NIT:
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