Nome
4 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
A city on the southern coast of Alaska's Seward Peninsula, historically significant as the focal point of an early 20th-century gold rush.
“Gold prospectors flooded into Nome after rich deposits were discovered along the beach.”
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Ends in silent E with a pattern similar to HOME, SOME, and DOME, test it early for common consonants
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Proper noun and not valid in standard Scrabble play, all tiles are low value regardless
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