/nə/
adverb

Is NE a Scrabble word?

Yes. NE is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 2 points in Scrabble and 3 in Words With Friends.

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Meaning "Isn't that so?" (used in representations of Maori English).

Adverb 2 meanings

  1. Not.

  2. "Isn't that so?" (used in representations of Maori English).

Definitions adapted from Wiktionary: ne via Kaikki/Wiktextract, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English ne, from Old English ne, from Proto-West Germanic *ne, from Proto-Germanic *ne, from Proto-Indo-European *né. Cognates include Gothic 𐌽𐌹 (ni), Latin nē, Sanskrit न (na), Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian and Russian не (ne), Lithuanian ne, Irish ní.

NE at a glance

NE has 2 letters and scores 2 points in Scrabble (N 1 + E 1) and 3 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,496 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).

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