nitpick
Meanings
Verb
- be overly critical; criticize minor details
- To correct insignificant mistakes or find fault in unimportant details.
- To pick nits (lice eggs) from someone’s hair.
- To pick nits (lice eggs) from someone’s hair. I nitpicked his hair.
- I nitpicked his hair.
Origin / Etymology
From nit + pick, originally referring to literally removing invisibly tiny louse eggs by hand.
Scrabble Score: 15
nitpick is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordnitpick is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
nitpick is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 18
nitpick is a valid Words With Friends word