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Is nicety a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word nicety is a Scrabble US word. The word nicety is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

N1I1C3E1T1Y4

Is nicety a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word nicety is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

N1I1C3E1T1Y4

Is nicety a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word nicety is a Words With Friends word. The word nicety is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

N2I1C4E1T1Y3

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6-letter words (1 found)

NICETY,

5-letter words (1 found)

YINCE,

4-letter words (17 found)

CENT,CINE,CITE,CITY,CYTE,ETIC,NICE,NITE,TEIN,TICE,TINE,TINY,TIYN,TYIN,TYNE,YETI,YITE,

3-letter words (16 found)

CIT,ICE,ICY,NET,NIE,NIT,NYE,TEC,TEN,TIC,TIE,TIN,TYE,YEN,YET,YIN,

2-letter words (9 found)

EN,ET,IN,IT,NE,NY,TE,TI,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 45 words from nicety according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of nicety

nicety

Etymology

From Middle English nicetee, from Old French niceté (“simpleness, foolishness”), from nice (“simple, foolish”); equivalent to nice +‎ -ty.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnaɪsɪti/

Noun

nicety (countable and uncountable, plural niceties)

  1. A small detail or distinction.
    We met the new captain while we were taking enemy fire and were unable to observe the niceties of formal introductions.
  2. Subtlety or precision of use; exactness; preciseness.
    A rocket-propelled grenade doesn't have the nicety of a sniper round, but you must admit its effectiveness.
  3. Delicacy of character or feeling usually from excessive refinement; fastidiousness
  4. (obsolete) That which is delicate to the taste.

Derived terms

  • social nicety
  • to a nicety

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Further reading

  • “nicety”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “nicety”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “nicety”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Source: wiktionary.org