nickel
Nickel can refer to a United States coin worth one twentieth of a dollar, five dollars worth of a drug, or a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite. As a verb, nickel can mean to plate with nickel.
Length
6
Scrabble
12
WWF
15
Starts
NI
Ends
KEL
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “NICKEL” Mean?
/ˈnɪ.kəl/
nickel has 4 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
3 sensesa hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite
Synonyms
a United States coin worth one twentieth of a dollar
five dollars worth of a drug
“a nickel bag of drugs”
“a nickel deck of heroin”
Verb
1 senseplate with nickel
“nickel the plate”
Word Forms
Synonyms for NICKEL
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
6
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
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Definition
a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite
Length
6 letters
Starts With
N
Ends With
L
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Letters
N, I, C, K, E, L
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆NICKEL has a Scrabble score of 12. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆NICKEL is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆NICKEL can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 6-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★★☆NICKEL uses unique letters, giving more flexibility when checking possible anagrams and word game combinations.
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Unique Letters
6
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
K
Letter Pattern
ABCDEF
CV Pattern
CVCCVC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
NI, IC, CK, KE, EL
Trigrams
NIC, ICK, CKE, KEL
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