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Is niggle a Scrabble word?

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

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Is niggle a Scrabble UK word?

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

N1I1G2G2L1E1

Is niggle a Words With Friends word?

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6-letter words (3 found)

GINGLE,LEGGIN,NIGGLE,

5-letter words (4 found)

GINGE,INGLE,LIGGE,LIGNE,

4-letter words (9 found)

GIEN,GING,GLEG,GLEI,GLEN,LENG,LIEN,LINE,LING,

3-letter words (17 found)

EGG,ENG,GEL,GEN,GIE,GIG,GIN,IGG,ING,LEG,LEI,LIE,LIG,LIN,NEG,NIE,NIL,

2-letter words (6 found)

EL,EN,GI,IN,LI,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 40 words from niggle according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of niggle

niggle

Etymology

First attested in 1599. Origin uncertain, but likely borrowed from dialectal Norwegian nigla (“to be stingy, to busy oneself with trifles”), ultimately from Old Norse hnøggr (“stingy; miserly”), related to Old English hnēaw (“stingy; niggardly”). More at niggard.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɪɡəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɪɡəl

Noun

niggle (plural niggles)

  1. A minor complaint or problem.
    Synonyms: quibble, split hairs, cavil
  2. (obsolete) Small, cramped handwriting.

Verb

niggle (third-person singular simple present niggles, present participle niggling, simple past and past participle niggled)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To trifle with; to deceive; to mock.
  2. (transitive) To use, spend, or do in a petty or trifling manner.
  3. (intransitive) To dwell too much on minor points or on trifling details.
    Synonyms: nitpick, split hairs, cavil
  4. (intransitive, chiefly UK) To fidget, fiddle, be restless.
  5. (intransitive, UK, dialect, archaic) To walk with short steps.

Derived terms

  • niggler
  • niggly

Translations

Anagrams

  • egling, gingle, leggin, leging

Source: wiktionary.org