NITPICK is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. NITPICK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NITPICK?
| 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: 57 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NITPICK is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NITPICK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NITPICK scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in NITPICK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,088 thousand.
What does NITPICK mean in Scrabble?
verb
informal
To find fault with small, unimportant details instead of looking at the larger matter.
To nitpick suggests the critic is missing the point by fixating on trivia. The word carries mild disapproval, so people often say it about themselves in a joking apology.
How NITPICK is used
Nitpick is used for fussy criticism of wording, spelling, formatting and other minor flaws.
- I do not want to nitpick, but the date on the second page is wrong.
- Reviewers tend to nitpick over punctuation while ignoring the plot.
- Stop trying to nitpick every sentence and read the whole report first.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NITPICK and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NITPICK
9 longer words begin with NITPICK.
Shorter words from the letters in NITPICK
Common questions about NITPICK
- Is NITPICK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NITPICK, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NITPICK worth?
- NITPICK is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NITPICK mean?
- To find fault with small, unimportant details instead of looking at the larger matter.
- What letters can be added to NITPICK?
- NITPICK takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of NITPICK:
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