NYM is valid in Collins, not in North America — 8 points
It depends on the list you play by. NYM 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 8 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept NYM?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NYM is to know. It scores 8 from 3 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NYM
No single letter turns NYM into another word.
How NYM scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in NYM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,738.
What does NYM mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
An informal short word for a pseudonym or online user name, especially in discussions about real-name policies on the internet.
Nym borrows the ending of words like pseudonym and anonym to stand for the whole idea of a chosen online name. The term became widely known through the so-called nym wars, public disputes over whether websites should force people to use their real names instead of a nym.
How NYM is used
Informal, used mainly in discussions of internet culture and online identity.
- She has used the same nym on forums for years.
- The site's policy banned any nym that impersonated someone else.
- Debates over the new rule were dubbed the nym war.
- He picked a nym that hid his real identity completely.
- Moderators asked users to register under a single nym.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NYM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NYM
Showing 24 of 39 words that begin with NYM.
Words ending in NYM
Showing 24 of 31 words that end in NYM. Useful as a back hook: play NYM onto a word already on the board.
Words with NYM inside
Showing 24 of 168 words that contain NYM somewhere in the middle. Words that start with NYM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in NYM
Common questions about NYM
- Is NYM valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and NYM is not in it.
- How many points is NYM worth?
- NYM is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NYM mean?
- An informal short word for a pseudonym or online user name, especially in discussions about real-name policies on the internet.
- What letters can be added to NYM?
- No single letter can be added to NYM to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of NYM:
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