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Is nil a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word nil is a Scrabble US word. The word nil is worth 3 points in Scrabble:

N1I1L1

Is nil a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word nil is a Scrabble UK word and has 3 points:

N1I1L1

Is nil a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word nil is a Words With Friends word. The word nil is worth 5 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

N2I1L2

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3-letter words (2 found)

LIN,NIL,

2-letter words (2 found)

IN,LI,

You can make 4 words from nil according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of nil

nil inl nli lni iln lin

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Definitions and meaning of nil

nil

Etymology

From Latin nīl, a contraction of nihil, nihilum (“nothing”). See nihilism.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɪl/
  • Rhymes: -ɪl

Noun

nil (usually uncountable, plural nils)

  1. Nothing; zero.
  2. (sports) A score of zero

Derived terms

Translations

Determiner

nil

  1. No, not any.

Related terms

  • nihilism

See also

  • eau de nil
  • null
  • nil desperandum

Anagrams

  • -lin, Lin, Lin., lin, lin.

Golin

Alternative forms

  • nl, nĺ

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nɨ̆ĺ], [nĺ], [˩˧nɨ̆l]

Noun

nil

  1. liquid; water
    Na nil ne dugudige. ― I swallowed water.

Derived terms

References

  • Gordon Bunn, Golin Grammar (1974)

Interlingua

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nil/

Pronoun

nil (indefinite)

  1. nothing

Latin

Etymology

Syncopic form of nihil, in turn from nihilum, from ne- (“not”) + hilum (“a hilum; a trifle, a bagatelle”), or unknown origin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /niːl/, [niːɫ̪]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /nil/, [nil]

Noun

nīl n (indeclinable)

  1. (chiefly poetic) nothing

References

  • “nil”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “nil”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English needle.

Noun

nil

  1. needle
  2. thorn

Source: wiktionary.org