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Is nemesis a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word nemesis is a Scrabble US word. The word nemesis is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is nemesis a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word nemesis is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

N1E1M3E1S1I1S1

Is nemesis a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word nemesis is a Words With Friends word. The word nemesis is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (4 found)

INSEEMS,MISSEEN,NEMESIS,SIEMENS,

6-letter words (9 found)

EMESIS,INSEEM,MENSES,MESNES,MISSEE,SEINES,SEMENS,SEMIES,SENSEI,

5-letter words (27 found)

ESNES,MEINS,MENES,MENSE,MESES,MESNE,MIENS,MINES,MISES,NEEMS,NISSE,SEEMS,SEINE,SEISE,SEISM,SEMEN,SEMES,SEMIE,SEMIS,SENES,SENSE,SENSI,SIENS,SINES,SMEES,SNEES,SNIES,

4-letter words (36 found)

EINE,EMES,ENES,ESES,ESNE,ESSE,ISMS,MEES,MEIN,MENE,MESE,MESS,MIEN,MINE,MISE,MISS,NEEM,NESS,NIES,NIMS,SEEM,SEEN,SEES,SEIS,SEME,SEMI,SENE,SENS,SESE,SIEN,SIES,SIMS,SINE,SINS,SMEE,SNEE,

3-letter words (22 found)

EEN,EME,EMS,ENE,ENS,ESS,INS,ISM,MEE,MEN,MES,MIS,NEE,NIE,NIM,NIS,SEE,SEI,SEN,SIM,SIN,SIS,

2-letter words (10 found)

EE,EM,EN,ES,IN,IS,ME,MI,NE,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 109 words from nemesis according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of nemesis

nemesis

Etymology

From the Greek goddess of retribution Nemesis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɛməsɪs/

Noun

nemesis (plural nemeses)

  1. (chiefly Canada, US) An enemy, especially an archenemy.
  2. (chiefly outside the US and Canada) A person or character who specifically brings about the downfall of another person or character, as an agent of that character's fate or destiny, especially within a narrative.
  3. The personification of the "fatal flaw" of a dramatic hero in the style of Greek tragedy.
  4. Polar opposite, especially of a literary character.
  5. The principle of retributive justice.
  6. (usually in the singular, formal) A punishment or defeat that is deserved and cannot be avoided; (an instance of) retribution.

Coordinate terms

  • (archenemy): antagonist, villain, rival, bane, archenemy, adversary

Derived terms

  • archnemesis
  • chocolate nemesis
  • fremesis
  • nemetic

Translations

References

  • “nemesis”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • “nemesis”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Meissen, Semiens, misseen, siemens

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈne.me.sis/, [ˈnɛmɛs̠ɪs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈne.me.sis/, [ˈnɛːmes̬is]

Noun

nemesis f (genitive nemesis or nemeseōs or nemesios); third declension

  1. nemesis

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).

1Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.

Descendants

  • Italian: nemesi
  • Swedish: nemesis

Source: wiktionary.org