nitwit

Meanings

Plural: nitwits

Noun

a stupid incompetent person
A scatterbrained or stupid person.

Origin / Etymology

First attested in the 1910s in the US Northeast. Likely from German nit, dialectal form of nichts (“nothing”), or Yiddish ניט (nit), dialectal form of נישט (nisht, “no”), although some dictionaries give the alternative etymology nit (“louse egg; something very small”) + wit.

Synonyms

dimwit, doofus, half-wit

Scrabble Score: 9

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

Words With Friends Score: 10

nitwit is a valid Words With Friends word