nitwit

Noun

A foolish or stupid person.
a stupid incompetent person
A scatterbrained or stupid person.

Examples

Calling his opponent a NITWIT after a terrible move was bad sportsmanship in Scrabble.

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

Words With Friends Score: 10

nitwit: valid Words With Friends Word