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

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

N1I1G2E1R1

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5-letter words (5 found)

ERING,GREIN,NIGER,REIGN,RENIG,

4-letter words (7 found)

GIEN,GIRN,GREN,GRIN,REIN,RINE,RING,

3-letter words (16 found)

ENG,ERG,ERN,GEN,GER,GIE,GIN,ING,IRE,NEG,NIE,REG,REI,REN,RIG,RIN,

2-letter words (6 found)

EN,ER,GI,IN,NE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 35 words from niger according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of niger

niger

English

Etymology

From the name of the Niger River, from Latin Nigris. See further etymology at Niger.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnaɪd͡ʒə(ɹ)/

Noun

niger (uncountable)

  1. An Ethiopian herb, Guizotia abyssinica, grown for its seed and edible oil.
    Synonyms: noog, noug, nug

References

  • “Niger, n.2.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, September 2003.

Anagrams

  • re-nig, Reign, Negri, reign, ringe, renig, Grine, Reing, Grein, nigre

Latin

Alternative forms

  • nigrus

Etymology

Uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *negʷ- (“bare, naked”) if this root is assumed also to be the source of *nókʷts (“night”) (Latin nox), thus “black” would attest the intermediate meaning between “bare” and “night”. Possibly cognate with Umbrian niru (“(possibly) dark, black”), though this form (thought to be accusative singular) is not mentioned in de Vaan.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnɪ.ɡɛr]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈniː.d͡ʒer]

Adjective

niger (feminine nigra, neuter nigrum, superlative nigerrimus); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

  1. wan, shining black (as opposed to āter, dull black)
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:niger.
  2. bad; evil; ill-omened

Usage notes

  • Widely used as a specific epithet.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

Synonyms

  • (black): fuscus

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “shining white”): candidus

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

References

  • Buchi, Éva, Schweickard, Wolfgang (2008–) “*/ˈnɪɡr-u/”, in Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman, Nancy: Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française.

Further reading

  • “niger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “niger”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • niger in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “niger”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “niger”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English nigger.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nîɡer/
  • Hyphenation: ni‧ger

Noun

nȉger m (Cyrillic spelling ни̏гер)

  1. (slang, derogatory) nigger
    Synonym: cr̀nac

Declension

References

  • “niger”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Swedish

Verb

niger

  1. present of niga

Anagrams

  • Inger, inger, regin, ringe

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