What NIMS Means
NIMS is a form of NIM, which means:
- noun: game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them; in some versions the object is to take the last remaining matchstick on the table and in other versions the object is to avoid taking the last remaining matchstick on the table
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
NIMS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 6 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as N1 I1 M3 S1.
Words Made From The Letters In NIMS
11 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
3 letter words (7)
2 letter words (4)
Longer Words Containing NIMS
NIMS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
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