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Is nill a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word nill is a Scrabble US word. The word nill is worth 4 points in Scrabble:

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Is nill a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word nill is a Scrabble UK word and has 4 points:

N1I1L1L1

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Yes. The word nill is a Words With Friends word. The word nill is worth 7 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (1 found)

NILL,

3-letter words (3 found)

ILL,LIN,NIL,

2-letter words (2 found)

IN,LI,

You can make 6 words from nill according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of nill

nill inll nlil lnil ilnl linl nill inll nlil lnil ilnl linl nlli lnli nlli lnli llni llni illn liln illn liln llin llin

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

Definitions and meaning of nill

nill

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪl
  • IPA(key): /nɪl/

Homophone: nil

Etymology 1

From Middle English nillen, from Old English nyllan (“to not want”), corresponding to ne +‎ will. Cognate with Old Frisian nelle. Unrelated to Latin nolo which is constructed the same way, but the morphemes that compound both verbs are cognates.

Verb

nill (third-person singular simple present nills, present participle nilling, simple past and past participle nilled or (obsolete) nould)

  1. (modal auxiliary, obsolete) To be unwilling; will not (+ infinitive).
  2. (intransitive, archaic) To be unwilling.
  3. (transitive, archaic) To reject, refuse, negate.
Derived terms
  • willy-nilly

Etymology 2

Compare Irish and Gaelic neul star, light. Compare nebula.

Noun

nill

  1. Shining sparks thrown off from melted brass.
  2. Scales of hot iron from the forge.

Etymology 3

From Medieval Latin nil and nihil (“nothing”) to represent German nichts and nix (“nothing”), confused with Latin nix (“snow, snow-white thing”), used for white forms of zinc oxide. Doublet of nihil album.

Noun

nill (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of zinc oxide, particularly white forms used in medicine and cosmetics.

References

  • Edward H[enry] Knight (1877) “Nill”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes II (GAS–REA), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC.
  • “† nill, n.².”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2021.

Source: wiktionary.org