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Is NICKNAME a Scrabble word?

✔ In our word list NICKNAME is in ENABLE, the open word list behind Words With Friends and most word apps. For official tournament Scrabble, check Merriam-Webster's Scrabble dictionary.

Scrabble pointsWords With Friends pointsLetters
16208

What does NICKNAME mean?

  1. nouna familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)
  2. nouna descriptive name for a place or thing
  3. verbgive a nickname to

Definitions from WordNet.

Hooks for NICKNAME

Add a letter to make a new word: NICKNAMED, NICKNAMER, NICKNAMES.

Words inside NICKNAME

See all 93 words you can make from NICKNAME

Similar word lists

8 letter wordsWords starting with NIWords ending in MEWords ending in AME8 letter words starting with N8 letter words ending in E

About this list

Our word list is ENABLE, first published in 2000 and still used by most word games.

Meanings come from Princeton WordNet (2011). How common a word is comes from wordfreq.

Look up NICKNAME in Merriam-Webster, Wiktionary, Collins or Dictionary.com. Check it for Scrabble at Merriam-Webster Scrabble.

FAQ

Is NICKNAME a Scrabble word?

NICKNAME is in ENABLE, the word list Words With Friends closely matches, and most ENABLE words are playable in North American Scrabble. Confirm tournament validity in the official Scrabble dictionary.

How many points is NICKNAME worth?

NICKNAME is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words With Friends, before bonus squares.

What does NICKNAME mean?

A familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name).