NITTY is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. NITTY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NITTY?
| 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 NITTY is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NITTY
Front hooks — 1
snittyBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How NITTY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in NITTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 46,474.
What does NITTY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Infested with nits, the eggs of lice.
Nitty describes hair or fabric where the tiny, firmly attached eggs of lice have been found clustered along the strands. School nurses and parents check for a nitty scalp when lice are suspected, since the eggs are often easier to spot than the adult insects themselves. The adjective is used mostly in a practical, everyday sense rather than in formal medical writing, which tends to favor terms like pediculosis. It should not be confused with the unrelated idiom nitty-gritty, meaning the essential details of a matter, which borrows nitty only for its sound.
How NITTY is used
Practical, everyday adjective describing lice infestation; distinct from the idiom nitty-gritty.
- The nurse checked the child's nitty scalp closely.
- A nitty comb helped remove the eggs strand by strand.
- His hair looked nitty after the outbreak at school.
- They treated the nitty patches with a special shampoo.
- The blanket was found nitty after the infestation spread.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NITTY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NITTY
The 5 tiles of NITTY in a different order — 1 found.
Words ending in NITTY
1 words end in NITTY. Useful as a back hook: play NITTY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in NITTY
Common questions about NITTY
- Is NITTY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NITTY, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NITTY worth?
- NITTY is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NITTY mean?
- Infested with nits, the eggs of lice.
- What letters can be added to NITTY?
- NITTY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of NITTY:
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