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Is nigiri a Scrabble word?

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

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Is nigiri a Scrabble UK word?

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

N1I1G2I1R1I1

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6-letter words (1 found)

NIGIRI,

5-letter words (1 found)

IRING,

4-letter words (3 found)

GIRN,GRIN,RING,

3-letter words (4 found)

GIN,ING,RIG,RIN,

2-letter words (2 found)

GI,IN,

You can make 11 words from nigiri according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of nigiri

nigiri

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 握り (nigiri, “grasping, gripping”, short for 握り寿司 nigirizushi, literally “gripped sushi” from the way the sushi rice is molded in the hand).

Noun

nigiri (uncountable)

  1. Regular sushi: a piece of raw fish (or other topping) on top of a small oblong brick of sticky white rice.

Translations

Finnish

Etymology

From Japanese 握り (nigiri).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈniɡiri/, [ˈniɡiri]
  • Rhymes: -iɡiri
  • Syllabification(key): ni‧gi‧ri

Noun

nigiri

  1. nigiri

Declension

Further reading

  • “nigiri”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Japanese

Romanization

nigiri

  1. Rōmaji transcription of にぎり

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • niguiri (adapted)

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 握り (nigiri, “grasping, gripping”, short for 握り寿司 nigirizushi, literally “gripped sushi” from the way the sushi rice is molded in the hand).

Noun

nigiri m (plural nigiris)

  1. (cooking) nigiri (Japanese dish consisting of a sweet, vinegary, boiled rice ball topped with a piece of raw fish or seafood)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /niˈɡiɾi/ [niˈɣ̞i.ɾi]
  • Rhymes: -iɾi

Noun

nigiri m (plural nigiris)

  1. nigiri

Source: wiktionary.org