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Is nitty a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word nitty is a Scrabble US word. The word nitty is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is nitty a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word nitty is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

N1I1T1T1Y4

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5-letter words (2 found)

NITTY,TINTY,

4-letter words (4 found)

TINT,TINY,TIYN,TYIN,

3-letter words (4 found)

NIT,TIN,TIT,YIN,

2-letter words (4 found)

IN,IT,NY,TI,

You can make 14 words from nitty according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of nitty

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Definitions and meaning of nitty

nitty

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): (modern) /ˈnɪtiː/, (older) /ˈnɪtɪ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈnɪti/, /-ɾi/
  • Rhymes: -ɪti
  • Hyphenation: nit‧ty

Etymology 1

From nit +‎ -y. The “foolish, inane” adjective sense is from nit (“fool, nitwit”), possibly under the influence of nutty (“crazy, mad”).

The origin of the noun sense (“dope fiend, druggie”) is unknown, but could refer to a person who is under the influence of drugs to the extent that he or she is careless about personal hygiene and unkempt. Compare the verb nit (“to be a nitty”).

Adjective

nitty (comparative nittier or more nitty, superlative nittiest or most nitty)

  1. (archaic, also figuratively) Full of nits.
    Synonym: lousy
  2. (chiefly British, slang) Foolish, inane.
    Synonyms: dumb, idiotic; see also Thesaurus:stupid, Thesaurus:foolish
Alternative forms
  • nittie (obsolete)
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Noun

nitty (plural nitties)

  1. (African-American Vernacular, MLE, slang) A dope fiend, a druggie.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:addict
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Etymology 2

Probably from nitty(-gritty).

Adjective

nitty (comparative nittier or more nitty, superlative nittiest or most nitty)

  1. (Excessively) detailed or specific; fastidious, fussy, nit-picky.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fastidious
  2. (poker slang) Of a poker player: playing in an overly cautious and reactive manner.
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Etymology 3

A clipping of nitid (“bright, lustrous, shining”), or directly derived from Latin nitidus (“glittering, shining”), from niteō (“to glitter, shine; to look beautiful or bright”) (from Proto-Indo-European *ney- (“to shine”)) + idus (“suffix meaning ‘tending to’”).

Adjective

nitty (comparative more nitty, superlative most nitty)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Shining; elegant, spruce.
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References

Further reading

  • nitty (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • tinty

Source: wiktionary.org