Is NIT a Scrabble word?
Yes. NIT is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words With Friends.
Meaning The egg of a louse.
Noun 4 meanings
The egg of a louse.
A young louse.
A head louse regardless of its age.
A minor shortcoming; the object of a nitpick.
Verb 1 meaning
To have the modus vivendi of a drug addict, to live the life of a nitty.
Etymology
From Middle English nite, from Old English hnitu, from Proto-Germanic *hnits (compare Dutch neet, German Nisse, Norwegian nit), from Proto-Indo-European *-níd- (compare Scottish Gaelic sneadh, Lithuanian gli̇̀nda, Polish gnida, Albanian thëri, Ancient Greek κονίς (konís)).
Similar and opposite words
NIT at a glance
NIT has 3 letters and scores 3 points in Scrabble (N 1 + I 1 + T 1) and 4 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #25,207 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
Words ending in -NIT
More endings- UNIT4
- KNIT8
- SUBUNIT9
- GODDAMNIT14
- WHODUNIT15
- WHODUNNIT16
- SNIT4
- MULTIUNIT11
- TIGHTKNIT17
- UNKNIT10
- WHYDUNIT18
- INVENIT10
One letter away
Keep going
Related lists
Looking for a different word?
Type the letters you have and the Finder shows every word that fits.