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Is HANGNAIL a Scrabble word?

✔ In our word list HANGNAIL is in ENABLE, the open word list behind Words With Friends and most word apps. For official tournament Scrabble, check Merriam-Webster's Scrabble dictionary.

Scrabble pointsWords With Friends pointsLetters
12158

What does HANGNAIL mean?

  1. nouna loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail; tearing it produces a painful sore that is easily infected

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Hooks for HANGNAIL

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Words inside HANGNAIL

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Our word list is ENABLE, first published in 2000 and still used by most word games.

Meanings come from Princeton WordNet (2011). How common a word is comes from wordfreq.

Look up HANGNAIL in Merriam-Webster, Wiktionary, Collins or Dictionary.com. Check it for Scrabble at Merriam-Webster Scrabble.

FAQ

Is HANGNAIL a Scrabble word?

HANGNAIL is in ENABLE, the word list Words With Friends closely matches, and most ENABLE words are playable in North American Scrabble. Confirm tournament validity in the official Scrabble dictionary.

How many points is HANGNAIL worth?

HANGNAIL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words With Friends, before bonus squares.

What does HANGNAIL mean?

A loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail; tearing it produces a painful sore that is easily infected.