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Is nosh a Scrabble word?

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

N1O1S1H4

Is nosh a Scrabble UK word?

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

N1O1S1H4

Is nosh a Words With Friends word?

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

N2O1S1H3

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4-letter words (2 found)

HONS,NOSH,

3-letter words (9 found)

HON,HOS,NOH,NOS,OHS,ONS,SHO,SOH,SON,

2-letter words (7 found)

HO,NO,OH,ON,OS,SH,SO,

You can make 18 words from nosh according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of nosh

nosh onsh nsoh snoh osnh sonh nohs onhs nhos hnos ohns hons nsho snho nhso hnso shno hsno oshn sohn ohsn hosn shon hson

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

Definitions and meaning of nosh

nosh

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /nɑʃ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /nɒʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ɒʃ

Etymology 1

From Yiddish נאַשן (nashn), from Middle High German naschen (“nibble”) (which is also the parent of German naschen), from Old High German naskōn (“to nibble; parasite”), from Proto-West Germanic *hnaskwōn (“to weaken; make soft; tenderise”). Doublet of nesh.

Noun

nosh (countable and uncountable, plural noshes)

  1. (slang, UK) Food.
  2. (slang, US) A light meal or snack.
  3. (Polari) Fellatio.
Derived terms
  • (food): noshery (“restaurant”), nosh-up
Translations

Verb

nosh (third-person singular simple present noshes, present participle noshing, simple past and past participle noshed)

  1. (slang, intransitive, usually with on) To eat a snack or light meal.
  2. (Polari) To perform fellatio (on); to blow.
Related terms
  • (to eat): nosh up (“meal; feast”)
  • (to fellate): nosh off
Translations

Etymology 2

Abbrevation of no shit.

Interjection

nosh

  1. (slang, Australia, sarcastic) An ironic response to a statement of the obvious.
    Synonyms: no shit; no shit, Sherlock

Anagrams

  • Hons, NOHs, Nohs, Shon

Narragansett

Noun

nòsh

  1. possessed form of osh: my father

Further reading

  • Roger Williams (1643) A Key into the Language of America, London: Gregory Dexter, →OCLC, page 28

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