nickname
NOUNVERB
/nɪk,neɪm/
8 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH N
nickname is a valid 8-letter word worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
N1I1C3K5N1A1M3E1
1 + 1 + 3 + 5 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 =16 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 32TRIPLE WORD → 48
MEANING
What does nickname mean?
NOUN · 2 SENSES
1
A familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name).
“Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph”
“Henry's nickname was Slim”
SYNONYMS
BROADER
2
A descriptive name for a place or thing.
“the nickname for the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides'”
BROADER
VERB · 1 SENSE
1
Give a nickname to.
SYNONYMS
BROADER