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Nicks

/nɪks/

Scrabble:11 ptsWWF:13 pts5 letters
Definition of Nicks

noun

  1. A small cut in a surface.
  2. Senses connoting something small.
  3. Often in the expressions in bad nick and in good nick: condition, state.

    "The car I bought was cheap and in good nick."

  4. (law enforcement) A police station or prison.

    "He was arrested and taken down to Sun Hill nick [police station] to be charged."

verb

  1. To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way.

    "I nicked myself while I was shaving."

  2. To fit into or suit, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with.
  3. To make a cut at the side of the face.
  4. To steal.

    "Someone’s nicked my bike!"

  5. (law enforcement) To arrest.

    "The police nicked him climbing over the fence of the house he’d broken into."

verb

  1. To give or call (someone) by a nickname; to style.

noun

  1. A nix or nixie.

noun

  1. A familiar, invented given name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing.
  2. A kind of byname that describes a person by a characteristic of that person.
Anagrams of Nicks

1 word can be made by rearranging all the letters of "nicks":

snick

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "nicks" and rearranging:

+esicken
+hchinks
+lclinks
+ssnicks
Related Word Patterns
NI...Words starting with "ni"...KSWords ending with "ks"All 5-letter wordsUnscramble "nicks"
Synonyms & Antonyms
Letter Values
n1
i1
c3
k5
s1

Total: 11 Scrabble points

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Rhymes With Nicks
aardvarksabelmosksafterdecksaftershocksairchecksairparksalmanacksalpenstocksamberjacksamoksamtracksamucks
Related 5-Letter Words
naansnabesnabisnabobnachonacrenadasnadirnaevinaffsnaggynaiadnaifsnailsnaira

Word Validity & Sources

SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024

Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.

About the Word "Nicks"

Nicks is a 5-letter word that scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "nicks" can be rearranged to form 1 other valid word.

Using "Nicks" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "nicks" is a medium-scoring word.