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Yes. The word nep is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

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3-letter words (2 found)

NEP,PEN,

2-letter words (3 found)

EN,NE,PE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 6 words from nep according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of nep

nep enp npe pne epn pen

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Definitions and meaning of nep

nep

Translingual

Symbol

nep

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Nepali.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɛp/
  • Rhymes: -ɛp

Etymology 1

From Middle English neppe, nepe, nepte, nept, from Old English nepte, nefte, from Latin nepeta. Compare Dutch neppe, nippe (catnip).

Alternative forms

  • nip (dialectal)

Noun

nep (usually uncountable, plural neps)

  1. Catmint, catnip; Nepeta cataria.

Etymology 2

Perhaps a variant of nap for knap, from Middle English knep, kneppe, knappe, a conflation of Old English cnep, cnæp, cnæpp (top, knop, summit) and Old Norse knappr (knob), both from Proto-Germanic *knappaz, *knappô (knob), from Proto-Indo-European *gnebʰ- (to press, tighten), from Proto-Indo-European *gen- (to pinch, squeeze, bend, press together, ball). Compare also Old Norse hnappr (button). Related to knob.

Noun

nep (plural neps)

  1. (UK, dialect) A knot in a fibre of cotton.

Verb

nep (third-person singular simple present neps, present participle nepping, simple past and past participle nepped)

  1. (UK, dialect, intransitive) Of cotton: to form knots.

Etymology 3

Short for nepotist.

Noun

nep (plural neps)

  1. (US, slang, derogatory) One who engages in nepotism, usually to the one who benefits from it.

Anagrams

  • PEN, PNe, Pen, pen

Ainu

Etymology

From ne (interrogatory root) +‎ p (thing). See nekon, nen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ne̞p]

Pronoun

nep (Kana spelling ネㇷ゚)

  1. (interrogative) what

Usage notes

Less common in spoken language than hemanta.

Synonyms

  • hemanta

See also

Dutch

Etymology

From German Nepp. Originally Bargoens.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɛp/
  • Hyphenation: nep
  • Rhymes: -ɛp

Noun

nep m (uncountable)

  1. imitation, fake

Adjective

nep (comparative nepper, superlative nepst)

  1. fake, not real
  2. artificial, not natural

Inflection

Some Dutch speakers may consider attributive use of this adjective informal. Thus, the inflected form neppe is not very commonly used in more formal language. In such language, the word is used more often in compounds formed by prefixing with nep-. The predicative and partitive forms are used normally.

Synonyms

  • namaak

Antonyms

  • authentiek
  • echt
  • natuurlijk

Derived terms

  • nepneutraliteit
  • nepnieuws
  • nepperd
  • nepvlees

Anagrams

  • pen

Middle English

Noun

nep

  1. Alternative form of nap (drinking bowl)

Source: wiktionary.org