Is NICKELLED a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, NICKELLED is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 16 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does NICKELLED mean?
Nickelled is a form of NICKEL.
- noun
a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite
- noun
a United States coin worth one twentieth of a dollar
- noun
five dollars worth of a drug
“a nickel bag of drugs”
- verb
plate with nickel
“nickel the plate”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
16
Scrabble
20
Words With Friends
9
Letters
N (1) + I (1) + C (3) + K (5) + E (1) + L (1) + L (1) + E (1) + D (2) = 16 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for NICKELLED
NICKELLED has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from NICKELLED
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- nickeled15
- clinked14
- nickled14
- deckel13
- deckle13
- licked13
- necked13
- nicked13
- killdee12
- kneidel12
- knelled12
- likened12
- nickel12
- nickle12
- delink11
- killed11
- kilned11
- kindle11
- linked11
- cleek11
- clink11
- deck11
- dick11
- decline10
- inked10
- kneed10
- liked10
- lick10
- neck10
- nick10
- ceiled9
- celled9
- decile9
- edenic9
- inkle9
- kneel9
- knell9
- liken9
- deke9
- dike9
- dink9
- eked9
- kind9
- ick9
- cellie8
- deice8
- keel8
- keen8
- kill8
- kiln8
- kine8
- knee8
- leek8
- leke8
- like8
- link8
- kid8
- nilled7
- celli7
- cline7
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