NIXIE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. NIXIE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NIXIE?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NIXIE is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NIXIE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
nixiesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NIXIE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in NIXIE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does NIXIE mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A water spirit of Germanic and Scandinavian folklore, said to lure people into rivers or lakes.
A nixie appears in older folk tales as a shape-changing being that lives in water and is often blamed for drownings, sometimes taking the form of a beautiful young woman or a half-fish creature to draw travellers close. Stories about the nixie spread from German and Scandinavian tradition into wider European folklore, where similar water spirits appear under other names. The tales usually warn children to stay away from deep water rather than describe the nixie as simply evil. Because the word comes from folklore rather than everyday speech, it turns up mainly in retellings of old legends.
How NIXIE is used
A literary and folkloric term, met chiefly in retellings of old Germanic and Scandinavian legends rather than in everyday speech.
- The old story warned that a nixie waited beneath the mill pond.
- In the tale, a nixie sang to sailors and drew their boat toward the rocks.
- The children were told never to swim there after dusk because of the nixie.
- Her thesis compared the German nixie with similar water spirits from other folklore.
- The illustrator drew the nixie with a fish tail hidden beneath her skirt.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NIXIE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NIXIE
1 longer words begin with NIXIE.
Shorter words from the letters in NIXIE
Common questions about NIXIE
- Is NIXIE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NIXIE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NIXIE worth?
- NIXIE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NIXIE mean?
- A water spirit of Germanic and Scandinavian folklore, said to lure people into rivers or lakes.
- What letters can be added to NIXIE?
- NIXIE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of NIXIE:
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