nilsen

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

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6
Words With Friends
9
Letters
6

Definition of nilsen

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

name

  1. A surname from Norwegian.
    “Inmates are screened to make sure they’re mentally stable and unlikely to plot an escape before they come to Bastoy. The vast majority – 97%, according to Nilsen – have served part of their sentences at higher-security jails in Norway. In the four years Nilsen has been heading up the prison, there have been no “serious” incidents of violence, he said.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian Nilsen.

Anagrams of nilsen

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