What does NICKEL mean?

Pronunciation
/ˈnɪkəl/
Letters
6
Scrabble score
12
Words With Friends score
15
How common
Fairly common

Meaning

noun

  1. 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. a United States coin worth one twentieth of a dollar
  3. five dollars worth of a drug“a nickel bag of drugs”

verb

  1. plate with nickel“nickel the plate”

Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.

Other forms

nickels13nickeled15nickeling16nickelled16nickelling17

Anagrams of NICKEL

nickle12

Words inside NICKEL

35 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.

cline7clink11liken9cine6kiln8lice6lick10 lien4like8 line4 link8 neck10 nice6 nick10 cel5elk7ice5 ilk7ink7 ken7 kin7 lei3lie3 lin3nil3el2 en2 in2 li2 ne2

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Questions

Is NICKEL a valid word in word games?

NICKEL is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted. Check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.

How many points is NICKEL worth?

NICKEL is worth 12 points with Scrabble letter values and 15 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.

What words can you make from NICKEL?

35 other words, including IN, LIKE, LINE and NICE.