NUT is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. NUT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NUT?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NUT is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NUT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NUT scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in NUT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,123.
What does NUT mean in Scrabble?
noun
A fruit with a hard shell and an edible kernel.
Almost nothing sold as a nut is one botanically: an almond is a seed, a peanut is a legume and a walnut is a drupe. The engineering nut is named from the shape and is a separate development of the same word.
How NUT is used
Countable: a nut, two nuts.
- A nut and bolt of the same thread and neither will turn.
- Almost no nut in a shop is a nut to a botanist.
- The word nut covers a fruit and a fastener.
- Two nuts left in the bowl and both of them brazil.
- A hazel is one of the few that counts as a nut properly.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NUT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NUT
The 3 tiles of NUT in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with NUT
Showing 24 of 104 words that begin with NUT.
Words ending in NUT
Showing 24 of 36 words that end in NUT. Useful as a back hook: play NUT onto a word already on the board.
Words with NUT inside
Showing 24 of 154 words that contain NUT somewhere in the middle. Words that start with NUT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in NUT
Common questions about NUT
- Is NUT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NUT, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NUT worth?
- NUT is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NUT mean?
- A fruit with a hard shell and an edible kernel.
- What letters can be added to NUT?
- NUT takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of NUT:
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