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Is niding a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word niding is a Scrabble US word. The word niding is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

N1I1D2I1N1G2

Is niding a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word niding is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

N1I1D2I1N1G2

Is niding a Words With Friends word?

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

N2I1D2I1N2G3

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6-letter words (3 found)

DINING,INDIGN,NIDING,

4-letter words (3 found)

DING,GINN,NIDI,

3-letter words (7 found)

DIG,DIN,GID,GIN,ING,INN,NID,

2-letter words (4 found)

DI,GI,ID,IN,

You can make 17 words from niding according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of niding

niding

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈnaɪdɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪdɪŋ

Noun

niding (plural nidings)

  1. Alternative spelling of nithing

Adjective

niding (comparative more niding, superlative most niding)

  1. Alternative spelling of nithing

References

  • 1984 Futharc A Handbook of Rune Magic, Edred Thorsson, Samuel Weiser Inc, →ISBN, page 151.
    niding: Developed from ON words nidh (insult) and nidhingr (a vile wretch).
  • 1997 Thunder issue 10 (Heathen Journal), How Sif Got Her Golden Hair, Thorskegga Thorn.
    You sheared my bride like a nithing you perverted bastard!
  • 2006 The Nature of Asatru, Mark Puryear, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 25.
    A disgraceful act, what some might call a sin, was known as a 'nid', and the person who committed it a 'niding'.

Anagrams

  • dining, indign

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse níðingr (“honorless person”), from Old Norse níð (“defamation; honorless”). The word is cognate with Icelandic níðingur, Swedish niding.

Noun

niding m (definite singular nidingen, indefinite plural nidinger, definite plural nidingene)

  1. coward, rascal, scoundrel

References

  • “niding” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse níðingr. Cognates include Danish nidding, Icelandic níðingur and English nithing.

Noun

niding m (definite singular nidingen, indefinite plural nidingar, definite plural nidingane)

  1. scoundrel; a despicable person

References

  • “niding” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish niþinger. By surface analysis, nid +‎ -ing. Cognate of Danish nidding, Icelandic níðingur, English nithing.

Noun

niding c

  1. criminal, villain

Declension

Derived terms

  • var mans niding (“outlaw”)
  • nidingsdåd

References

  • niding in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • niding in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • niding in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Source: wiktionary.org