nick: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 10 letter points · starts with N · ends with K
Meaning of nick
noun
Senses connoting something small. A small deflection of the ball off the edge of the bat, often going to the wicket-keeper for a catch.
Senses connoting something small. One of the single-stranded DNA segments produced during nick translation.
Senses connoting something small. The point where the wall of the court meets the floor.
- Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial
Often in the expressions in bad nick and in good nick: condition, state.
Example: The car I bought was cheap and in good nick.
Listed forms: nicks.
Source: Wiktionary — nick.
verb
- transitive
To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way.
Example: I nicked myself while I was shaving.
- transitive
To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way. To make ragged or uneven, as by cutting nicks or notches in; to deface, to mar.
- transitive
To make a cut at the side of the face.
- Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial, transitive
To steal.
Example: Someone’s nicked my bike!
Listed forms: nicks, nicking, nicked.
Source: Wiktionary — nick.
verb
- obsolete, transitive
To give or call (someone) by a nickname; to style.
Listed forms: nicks, nicking, nicked.
Source: Wiktionary — nick.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for nick.
noun
an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
noun
a small cut
verb
cut slightly, with a razor
verb
cut a nick into
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is nick in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of nick
N(1) + I(1) + C(3) + K(5) = 10 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of nick
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from nick
6 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in nick. Showing up to 24, longest first.