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Nickel

n 1i 1c 3k 5e 1l 1

About 2 syllables

noun · verb · 6 letters · Common

  • Scrabble US & Canada : valid
  • Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
  • Words With Friends : valid
  • Wordle : not valid

What does nickel mean?

noun

  1. a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite

    Synonymsni

  2. a United States coin worth one twentieth of a dollar

  3. five dollars worth of a drug

    “a nickel bag of drugs”

    Synonymsnickel note

verb

  1. plate with nickel

    “nickel the plate”

Is NICKEL a valid word?

Game / word listValid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL) Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS) Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE) Yes
Wordle (guess list) No

How many points is NICKEL worth?

Scrabble

12 pts
n 1i 1c 3k 5e 1l 1

Words With Friends

15 pts
n 2i 1c 4k 5e 1l 2

Wordfeud

13 pts
n 1i 1c 4k 5e 1l 1

NYT Crossplay

14 pts
n 1i 1c 3k 6e 1l 2

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in NICKEL

Anagrams 1

nickle

Hooks for NICKEL

Add one letter to the front or back of NICKEL to make another word.

Front hooks

None

Back hooks

nickels

Words that end like NICKEL

Common words that share the ending -ICKEL, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

pumpernickel
All words ending in -ICKEL

Nickel: quick answers

Is NICKEL a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. NICKEL is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 12 points before board bonuses.
How many points is NICKEL worth?
NICKEL scores 12 points in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends, 13 in Wordfeud and 14 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does nickel mean?
As a noun, nickel means “a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion”. It has 4 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in NICKEL?
You can make 43 shorter words from NICKEL, such as CLEIK, CLINK, ICKLE, LICK. See the full list.
What are the anagrams of NICKEL?
NICKEL rearranges into NICKLE.