nim

Meanings

Plural: nims

Noun

game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them; in some versions the object is to take the last remaining matchstick on the table and in other versions the object is to avoid taking the last remaining matchstick on the table
A game in which players take turns removing objects from heaps.
Alternative form of neem (“Indian tree”).

Verb

To take or seize.
To filch, steal, pilfer.
To walk with short, quick strides; trip along.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English nimen, from Old English niman (“to take”), from Proto-West Germanic *neman, from Proto-Germanic *nemaną (“to take”), from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to give or take one's due”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian nieme (“to take”), West Frisian nimme (“to take”), Dutch nemen (“to take”), Low German nehmen (“to take”), German nehmen (“to take”), Danish nemme (“to learn, grasp”). Related to numb and nimble.

Scrabble Score: 5

nim is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
nim is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
nim is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

nim is a valid Words With Friends word