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Is nief a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word nief is a Scrabble US word. The word nief is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

N1I1E1F4

Is nief a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word nief is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

N1I1E1F4

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4-letter words (5 found)

FENI,FINE,NEIF,NIEF,NIFE,

3-letter words (5 found)

FEN,FIE,FIN,NEF,NIE,

2-letter words (6 found)

EF,EN,FE,IF,IN,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

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

All 4 letters words made out of nief

nief inef neif enif ienf einf nife infe nfie fnie ifne fine nefi enfi nfei fnei efni feni iefn eifn ifen fien efin fein

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

Definitions and meaning of nief

nief

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /niːf/
  • Rhymes: -iːf

Etymology 1

From Old French [Term?], from Latin nativus (“natural”). Doublet of naif and native.

Noun

nief (plural niefs)

  1. (historical) A serf or bondsman born into servitude.
    • 1886, "The Fight at the Pass of Coleshill", The Red Dragon "Notes and Queries", page 471
Alternative forms
  • neif
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English neve (“the clenched hand, fist”), from Old Norse nefi, hnefi (also knefi) ("hand, fist, handful"), from Proto-Germanic *hnefô, from Proto-Indo-European *knep- (“to scrape, scratch, grind”), from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“to scratch, scrape”). Cognate with Scots neif (“fist”), Norwegian neve, Danish næve, Swedish näve, Middle High German nevemez (“handful”).

Noun

nief (plural niefs or nieves)

  1. (chiefly Scotland, Ireland, Northern England) A fist. [from 14th c.]
Alternative forms
  • neif
  • nieve
  • nef, nefe, neff, neiff, neaf (Scotland)
Translations

Anagrams

  • Enif, Fein, Fine, NiFe, feni, fine, ifen, neif, nife

Middle English

Noun

nief

  1. Alternative form of neve (“nephew”)

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

  • nyef (alternative spelling)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnjeɸ]?

Noun

nief f (plural nieues)

  1. Apocopic form of nieue (“snow”)

Source: wiktionary.org