nudnik

Noun

An annoying, foolish, or bothersome person.
(Yiddish) someone who is a boring pest
A person who is very annoying; a pest, a nag, a jerk.

Examples

Sometimes the tiles just wouldn’t cooperate, making the game a ’NUDNIK’ to play.

Origin / Etymology

From Yiddish נודניק (nudnik) < root of נודיען (nudyen, “to bore”) + ־ניק (-nik, “noun-forming suffix”) (English -nik). Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *nuda < Proto-Indo-European *newti- (“need”) < *new- (“death, to be exhausted”).
Compare Russian ну́дный (núdnyj, “tedious”), Ukrainian нудни́й (nudnýj, “tedious”), Polish nudny (“boring”), Slovak nudný (“boring”), Old Church Slavonic ноудити (nuditi) or нѫдити (nǫditi, “to compel”), Hebrew נוּדְנִיק (“nag”).

Synonyms

nudnick

Scrabble Score: 11

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

Words With Friends Score: 14

nudnik: valid Words With Friends Word