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Is nied a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word nied is a Scrabble US word. The word nied is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

N1I1E1D2

Is nied a Scrabble UK word?

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

N1I1E1D2

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You can make 21 words from 'nied' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.


4 letters words from 'nied'

DENI 5DINE 5
NIDE 5NIED 5

3 letters words from 'nied'

DEI 4DEN 4
DIE 4DIN 4
END 4IDE 4
NED 4NID 4
NIE 3 

2 letters words from 'nied'

DE 3DI 3
ED 3EN 2
ID 3IN 2
NE 2 

All 4 letters words made out of nied

nied ined neid enid iend eind nide inde ndie dnie idne dine nedi endi ndei dnei edni deni iedn eidn iden dien edin dein

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word nied. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in nied.

Definitions and meaning of nied

nied

Old English

Alternative forms

  • nȳd, nēd, nēad

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *naudiz, from earlier *nauþiz, from Proto-Indo-European *naut- (“torment, misfortune”), from *nāw- (“the dead, corpse”). Cognate with Old Frisian nēd (West Frisian need), Old Saxon nōd (Low German noot), Dutch nood, Old High German nōt (German Not (“need, hardship, emergency”), Old Norse nauð (Danish nød, Swedish nöd), Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (nauþs). The Indo-European root is also the source of Lithuanian nõvyti (“oppress, destroy”), Old Church Slavonic уныти (unyti), Russian ныть (nytʹ, “throbbing pain”), Latvian nāve (“death”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ni͜yːd/

Noun

nīed f or n (West Saxon)

  1. constraint, violence, compulsion
  2. need as an abstract concept, distress
  3. a need or necessity for something
  4. a situation of distress or lack of something
  5. the runic character ᚾ (/n/)

Declension

Derived terms

  • nīedwracu

Descendants

  • Middle English: nede
    • English: need
    • Scots: nede

See also

  • nēod

Source: wiktionary.org
  • NY, to approach.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)