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Is niente a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word niente is a Scrabble US word. The word niente is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is niente a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word niente is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

N1I1E1N1T1E1

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6-letter words (1 found)

NIENTE,

5-letter words (1 found)

TENNE,

4-letter words (10 found)

EINE,ETEN,NENE,NETE,NINE,NITE,TEEN,TEIN,TENE,TINE,

3-letter words (11 found)

EEN,ENE,INN,NEE,NET,NIE,NIT,TEE,TEN,TIE,TIN,

2-letter words (8 found)

EE,EN,ET,IN,IT,NE,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 32 words from niente according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of niente

niente

Etymology

From Italian niente.

Pronunciation

  • (US, Canada) IPA(key): /niˈɛn.teɪ/

Adverb

niente (not comparable)

  1. (music) totally silent, as a musical direction (abbreviated to n. or ∅ in sheet music)
    Synonym: al niente

Italian

Etymology

From an earlier neente, either from Latin ne gentem (“no person, no one”), nec entem, ne entem, or ne inde. Compare Old Catalan nient, Sicilian nenti, Piedmontese gnente, Occitan neient, French néant.

The regional pronunciation with initial self-gemination of /nj-/ is by speakers who try to correct the /ɲ-/ because of the orthography, but keep the syllable structure, and thus gemination, of the original /ɲ-/.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnjɛn.te/
  • (regional) IPA(key): */ˈɲɛn.te/, */ˈnjɛn.te/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnte
  • Hyphenation: nièn‧te

Pronoun

niente

  1. nothing
    Synonym: nulla
    Cosa fai? Niente. ― What are you doing? Nothing.
  2. anything
    Synonym: nulla
    Hai bisogno di niente? ― Do you need anything?
    Non voglio niente da mangiare. ― I don't want anything to eat.

Determiner

niente (invariable)

  1. (informal) no, (after a negative) any
    Synonym: nessuno
    Niente bugie! ― No lies!

Adverb

niente

  1. at all
  2. nothing, anything

Noun

niente m (invariable)

  1. nothing

Derived terms

  • annientare
  • nient'affatto/niente affatto
  • niente di niente
  • per niente
  • dolce far niente

References

Anagrams

  • netine

Source: wiktionary.org