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Is night a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word night is a Scrabble US word. The word night is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is night a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word night is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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5-letter words (2 found)

NIGHT,THING,

4-letter words (6 found)

HING,HINT,NIGH,THIG,THIN,TING,

3-letter words (10 found)

GHI,GIN,GIT,HIN,HIT,ING,NIT,NTH,TIG,TIN,

2-letter words (5 found)

GI,HI,IN,IT,TI,

You can make 23 words from night according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of night

night inght ngiht gniht ignht ginht nihgt inhgt nhigt hnigt ihngt hingt nghit gnhit nhgit hngit ghnit hgnit ighnt gihnt ihgnt hignt ghint hgint nigth ingth ngith gnith ignth ginth nitgh intgh ntigh tnigh itngh tingh ngtih gntih ntgih tngih gtnih tgnih igtnh gitnh itgnh tignh gtinh tginh nihtg inhtg nhitg hnitg ihntg hintg nithg inthg ntihg tnihg itnhg tinhg nhtig hntig nthig tnhig htnig thnig ihtng hitng ithng tihng hting thing nghti gnhti nhgti hngti ghnti hgnti ngthi gnthi ntghi tnghi gtnhi tgnhi nhtgi hntgi nthgi tnhgi htngi thngi ghtni hgtni gthni tghni htgni thgni ightn gihtn ihgtn higtn ghitn hgitn igthn githn itghn tighn gtihn tgihn ihtgn hitgn ithgn tihgn htign thign ghtin hgtin gthin tghin htgin thgin

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

Definitions and meaning of night

night

Alternative forms

  • nite (informal)

Etymology

From Middle English nighte, night, nyght, niȝt, naht, from Old English niht, from Proto-West Germanic *naht (“night”), from Proto-Germanic *nahts (“night”), from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (“night”).

Cognate with Scots nicht, neicht (“night”), West Frisian nacht (“night”), Dutch nacht (“night”), Low German Nacht (“night”), German Nacht (“night”), Danish nat (“night”), Swedish and Norwegian natt (“night”), Faroese nátt (“night”), Icelandic nótt (“night”), Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (nahts, “night”), Greek νύχτα (nýchta, “night”), Russian ночь (nočʹ, “night”), Sanskrit नक्ति (nákti, “night”), and Latin nox (“night”), whence English nox, a doublet.

Pronunciation

  • (US, UK) enPR: nīt, IPA(key): /naɪt/
  • (UK, Scottish) IPA(key): /nʌɪt/
  • Rhymes: -aɪt
  • Homophone: knight

Noun

night (countable and uncountable, plural nights)

  1. (countable) The time when the Sun is below the horizon when the sky is dark.
  2. (astronomy, countable) The period of darkness beginning at the end of evening astronomical twilight when the sun is 18 degrees below the horizon, and ending at the beginning of morning astronomical twilight.
  3. (law, countable) A period of time often defined in the legal system as beginning 30 minutes after sunset, and ending 30 minutes before sunrise.
  4. (countable) An evening or night spent at a particular activity.
  5. (countable) A day, or at least a night.
  6. (uncountable) Nightfall.
  7. (uncountable) Darkness (due to it being nighttime).
  8. (uncountable) A dark blue colour, midnight blue.
  9. (sports, colloquial) A night's worth of competitions, generally one game.

Quotations

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:night.

Synonyms

  • (evening or night spent at a particular activity): evening; see also Thesaurus:nighttime or Thesaurus:evening
  • (quality of sleep): sleep
  • (nightfall): dark, dusk, nightfall, sundown, sunset; see also Thesaurus:dusk
  • (darkness): blackness, darkness, gloom, obscurity, shadow

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "period between sunset and sunrise"): day; see also Thesaurus:daytime
  • (antonym(s) of "darkness"): brightness, daylight, light

Hypernyms

  • 24-hour day

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Pijin: naet
  • → Korean: 나이트 (naiteu)

Translations

See also

  • (times of day) time of day; dawn, morning, noon/midday, afternoon, dusk, evening, night, midnight (Category: en:Times of day)

Interjection

night

  1. Ellipsis of good night.

Translations

Verb

night (third-person singular simple present nights, present participle nighting, simple past and past participle nighted)

  1. To spend a night (in a place), to overnight.

References

  • “night”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • Thing, thing

Italian

Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, borrowed from English night with the meaning of nightclub.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnajt/
  • Rhymes: -ajt
  • Hyphenation: night

Noun

night m (invariable)

  1. nightclub

References

Middle English

Noun

night

  1. Alternative form of nyght

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English night.

Pronunciation

Noun

night f (plural nights)

  1. (sometimes humorous) nightlife (nocturnal entertainment activities, especially parties and shows)
    Synonym: noite

Source: wiktionary.org