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Is NICKELLING a valid Scrabble word?

Yes, NICKELLING is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 17 points.

Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.

What does NICKELLING mean?

Nickelling is a form of NICKEL.

  1. 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

  2. noun

    a United States coin worth one twentieth of a dollar

  3. noun

    five dollars worth of a drug

    “a nickel bag of drugs”

  4. verb

    plate with nickel

    “nickel the plate”

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.

Points

Scrabble
17
Words With Friends
23
Letters
10

N (1) + I (1) + C (3) + K (5) + E (1) + L (1) + L (1) + I (1) + N (1) + G (2) = 17 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 NICKELLING

NICKELLING 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 NICKELLING

The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.

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