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Is nipple a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word nipple is a Scrabble US word. The word nipple is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

N1I1P3P3L1E1

Is nipple a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word nipple is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

N1I1P3P3L1E1

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Yes. The word nipple is a Words With Friends word. The word nipple is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

N2I1P4P4L2E1

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6-letter words (2 found)

LIPPEN,NIPPLE,

4-letter words (9 found)

LIEN,LINE,LIPE,PEIN,PENI,PILE,PINE,PIPE,PLIE,

3-letter words (15 found)

LEI,LEP,LIE,LIN,LIP,NEP,NIE,NIL,NIP,PEL,PEN,PEP,PIE,PIN,PIP,

2-letter words (7 found)

EL,EN,IN,LI,NE,PE,PI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 34 words from nipple according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of nipple

nipple

Alternative forms

  • neple, nypil, nyppell, neapel, neaple, neble (obsolete)

Etymology

From earlier neple, nypil, neble, believed to be a diminutive of nib, neb (“tip, point”), equivalent to nib +‎ -le. Compare Old English nypel (“elephant trunk”), formed analogously as "a protuberance from one's neb" .

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɪ.p(ə)l/
  • Rhymes: -ɪpəl

Noun

nipple (plural nipples)

  2. (anatomy) The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female mammals, milk is secreted. [from 16th c.]
    Synonyms: tit; see also Thesaurus:nipples
  3. A mechanical device through which liquids or gases can be passed in a regulated manner. [from 16th c.]
  4. An artificial nipple (definition 1) used for bottle-feeding infants. [from 17th c.]
    Synonym: teat
  5. Any small physical protrusion, such as the lumps on the F and J keys on computer keyboards.
  6. Any small physical protrusion on an automotive, a machine part or any other part that fits into a groove on another part.
  7. (now chiefly historical) A perforated segment that fits into part of the breech of a muzzle-loading gun, on which the percussion cap is fixed. [from 19th c.]
  9. (plumbing, chiefly US) A short tube threaded at both ends, used as a connector. [from 19th c.]
  11. (cycling) An internally threaded piece which holds a bicycle spoke in place on the rim. [from 20th c.]
  13. (computing, humorous) A pointing stick.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Dutch: nippel
  • → German: Nippel
    • → Danish: nippel
  • → Norwegian: nippel

Translations

Verb

nipple (third-person singular simple present nipples, present participle nippling, simple past and past participle nippled)

  1. (transitive) To fit (a baby's bottle, etc.) with a nipple.
  2. (transitive) To give one's nipple to (a baby) to allow breastfeeding.

Further reading

  • nipple on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • lippen

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Noun

nipple

  1. Diminutive of neape
    • GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Nipple is a diminutive of nape or neap.

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 59

Source: wiktionary.org