nigh
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Is nigh a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of nigh?
Definition
adj (English)
1. (archaic, poetic) Near, close by.Examples: "The end is nigh!"; "For with ſuch puiſſance and impetuous maine / Thoſe Champions broke on them, that forſt the fly, / Like ſcattered Sheepe, whenas the Shepherds ſwaine / A Lyon and a Tigre doth eſpye, / With greedy pace forth ruſhing from the foreſt nye."; "a. 1831, Ludovico Ariosto, William Stewart Rose (translator), Orlando Furioso, 2006, Echo Library, page 185, He at his head took aim who stood most nigh;"Synonyms: closearchaicpoetic
verb (English)
1. (ambitransitive) to draw nigh (to); to approach; to come nearExamples: "When the charnel-eyed Pale Horse has nighed"ambitransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary