What NIPS Means
NIPS is a form of NIP, which means:
- noun: a small drink of liquor“he poured a shot of whiskey”
- noun: the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
- verb: squeeze tightly between the fingers“He pinched her behind”
- verb: give a small sharp bite to“The Queen's corgis always nip at her staff's ankles”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
NIPS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as N1 I1 P3 S1.
Anagrams of NIPS (3)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In NIPS
12 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 (8)
2 letter words (4)
Longer Words Containing NIPS
NIPS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.