nothing: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 11 letter points · starts with N · ends with G
Meaning of nothing
pron
- indefinite, pronoun
Not any thing; no thing.
Example: Don't just say nothing. Tell me what's going on.
- indefinite, pronoun
An absence of anything, including empty space, brightness, darkness, matter, or a vacuum.
Listed forms: nuffin, nuffink, nuttin, nuthin, nuthing, nothink.
Source: Wiktionary — nothing.
noun
- countable, uncountable
Something trifling, or of no consequence or importance.
Example: - What happened to your face? - It's nothing.
- countable, uncountable
A trivial remark especially in the term sweet nothings.
- countable, uncountable
A nobody (insignificant person).
Listed forms: nothings, nuffin, nuffink, nuttin, nuthin, nuthing, nothink.
Source: Wiktionary — nothing.
adv
- archaic, not-comparable
Not at all; in no way.
Example: Nothing too much out of the ordinary.
Listed forms: nuffin, nuffink, nuttin, nuthin, nuthing, nothink.
Source: Wiktionary — nothing.
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 nothing.
noun
a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is nothing in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of nothing
N(1) + O(1) + T(1) + H(4) + I(1) + N(1) + G(2) = 11 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 nothing
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from nothing
54 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in nothing. Showing up to 24, longest first.