NITERY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. NITERY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NITERY?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NITERY is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NITERY
No single letter turns NITERY into another word.
How NITERY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in NITERY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 25,550.
What does NITERY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A nightclub, especially a small and lively one.
Nitery is a playful respelling of night that grew up in American newspapers and show-business columns around the middle of the twentieth century. A columnist might write that a singer was held over at a smart nitery on the boulevard. Today the word sounds dated and winks at the glamour of that era.
How NITERY is used
Informal and old-fashioned; common in vintage gossip columns and word lists.
- The singer opened at a small nitery downtown.
- We danced until dawn at the nitery on the pier.
- Every nitery on the strip had a band that night.
- He owned a nitery before he bought the theatre.
- The columnist praised the new nitery for its jazz.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NITERY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in NITERY
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Common questions about NITERY
- Is NITERY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NITERY, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NITERY worth?
- NITERY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NITERY mean?
- A nightclub, especially a small and lively one.
- What letters can be added to NITERY?
- No single letter can be added to NITERY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of NITERY:
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