NIXER is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. NIXER is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 12 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept NIXER?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NIXER is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NIXER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
nixersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NIXER scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in NIXER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,364.
What does NIXER mean in Scrabble?
noun
Irishinformal
A small job done for cash on the side, outside a person's regular employment.
A nixer is unofficial work: painting a neighbour's fence, fixing a car after hours, or any task paid for quietly and not declared as income. The word is common in Irish English and carries a sense of a favour done for pocket money rather than a proper job.
How NIXER is used
Irish informal speech; often paired with the verb phrase do a nixer.
- He did a nixer at the weekend to cover the rent.
- A nixer paid better than his day job that month.
- She fixed laptops as a nixer for people in the flats.
- Word of the nixer spread and more work followed.
- Nobody declares a nixer to the taxman.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NIXER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NIXER
1 longer words begin with NIXER.
Shorter words from the letters in NIXER
Common questions about NIXER
- Is NIXER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NIXER, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NIXER worth?
- NIXER is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NIXER mean?
- A small job done for cash on the side, outside a person's regular employment.
- What letters can be added to NIXER?
- NIXER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of NIXER:
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