Is NICKELS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, NICKELS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 13 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does NICKELS mean?
Nickels 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
- Scrabble
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 16
- Letters
- 7
N (1) + I (1) + C (3) + K (5) + E (1) + L (1) + S (1) = 13 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 NICKELS
NICKELS 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.
Anagrams of NICKELS
Words that use exactly the same letters.
Words you can make from NICKELS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- nickles13
- slicken13
- clinks12
- nickel12
- nickle12
- sicken12
- sickle12
- clink11
- licks11
- necks11
- nicks11
- slick11
- sneck11
- snick11
- inkles10
- likens10
- silken10
- icks10
- lick10
- neck10
- nick10
- sick10
- inkle9
- kilns9
- kines9
- liken9
- likes9
- links9
- skein9
- slink9
- ick9
- clines8
- incels8
- elks8
- ilks8
- inks8
- kens8
- kiln8
- kine8
- kins8
- leks8
- like8
- link8
- sike8
- silk8
- sink8
- skin8
- ceils7
- cines7
- cline7
- incel7
- since7
- slice7
- elk7
- ilk7
- ink7
- ken7
- kin7
- kis7
- lek7
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