Is NICKS a word?
NICKS is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words With Friends, has 5 letters, and can be rearranged into 1 other word, plus 17 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, NICKS is a valid word.
What does nicks mean?
NICKS is an inflected form of nick.
noun: an impression in a surface (as made by a blow).
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
NICKS: word details
- Pronunciation: NIHKS (approx., 1 syllable)
- Length: 5 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 12,578 5-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 11 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 13 points on the tiles.
- Wordle: five letters, so NICKS works as a Wordle guess or answer.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Anagrams of nicks
Shorter words inside nicks
Words you can make from the letters of nicks.
Solve a whole rack, not just NICKS
NICKS is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does NICKS mean?
NICKS is an inflected form of nick and is a noun. It means: an impression in a surface (as made by a blow).
Is NICKS a valid word?
Yes, NICKS is a valid word. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.