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— English words —

• nigh adj. (Archaic, poetic) near, close by.
• nigh adj. Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate.
• nigh v. (Transitive, intransitive) to draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near.
• nigh adv. Almost, nearly.
• nigh prep. Near; close to.
• Nigh prop.n. A surname.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Irish
  • nigh v. (Transitive, intransitive) wash.
• Scottish gaelic
  • nigh v. Wash, cleanse, purify.
  • nigh v. Bathe.
  • nigh n. Daughter.
  • nigh n. Niece.

— English words, defined in French —

• nigh adj. (Archaïsme) (Poétique) Proche.
• nigh v. S’approcher.
• nigh adv. Presque.
• nigh prép. Près de.

31 English words from 11 English definitions

allied Almost approach Archaic Bathe circumstances cleanse close close␣by closely close␣to come Daughter degree draw etc intimate intransitive kindred near nearly Niece nigh Not poetic purify remote surname to␣come Transitive wash

7 foreign words from 4 foreign definitions

approcher Archaïsme Poétique Près Près␣de Presque Proche

369 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

nighs Nighs night Night Nighy nighed nighen nigher nighly nigh␣on nights nighty Nighys nighens nighest nigheth nighing nighted nighten nighter nightie nightly nighantu Nighantu nighness nighsome night␣air Nightall night-bat nightcap nightens nighters nightery night␣eye nightful night-hag night␣hag nighties nighting nightish nightjar night-jar nightman night-man night␣man nightmen night-men night␣men night␣out night-owl night␣owl +318 words

553 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

anight g'night knight Knight t'night alnight anighst anights at␣night benight by␣night knights Knights Monight nunight se'night tonight to-night all-night all␣night alnights barnight Basnight beknight benights Finighan Frinight hen␣night knighted Knighten knightly Knighton McKnight midnight Monights outnight paynight se'nights sennight se'nnight Sunnight tonights to-nights twinight twi-night unknight ale-knight bank␣night barnights Basnights +503 words

7 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

anigh fornigh overnigh wellnigh well-nigh well␣nigh therenigh

3 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

IGH 'igh nig

2 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

gin Gin

3 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

hing Hing inHg

32 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

ahing anigh b***hing ching Ching Ch'ing ehing ghani Ghani Gihon ginch Hagin hangi hāngī hinge Hinge Hings hi-NRG Hi-NRG hongi hying neigh nighs Nighs night Night Nighy ohing Singh thing Thing whing

20 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

ghi gin Gin GNH GNI hin Hin HNG IGH 'igh IGN ihn ing -ing -ïng NGI NHG NHI nig NIH

17 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

Big␣H eigh high High nifH Nige NigE NigP nigs NiMH NIMH Ninh nish Nish Nith sigh yigh

4 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

IGH 'igh nig NIH

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

neigh

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