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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.

  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

13

Scrabble

16

Words With Friends

7

Letters

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.

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