What does NICKNAME mean?

Pronunciation
/ˈnɪkˌneɪm/
Letters
8
Scrabble score
16
Words With Friends score
20
How common
Fairly common

Meaning

noun

  1. a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)“Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph”
  2. a descriptive name for a place or thing“the nickname for the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides'”

verb

  1. give a nickname to

Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.

Other forms

nicknamed18nicknames17nicknaming19

Anagrams of NICKNAME

No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.

Words inside NICKNAME

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

anime7 cake10 came8main6 make10 mean6 mike10 mine6 name6 neck10 nice6 nick10 nine4 aim5 can5 ice5 ken7 mac7 man5 men5 ai2 am4an2em4 en2 in2 ma4 me4mi4 na2

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Questions

Is NICKNAME a valid word in word games?

NICKNAME 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 NICKNAME worth?

NICKNAME is worth 16 points with Scrabble letter values and 20 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.

What words can you make from NICKNAME?

92 other words, including IN, AN, ME and CAN.