Anagram Solver

Scrabble Word Finder & Unscrambler

Portable Edition New!

Use ? for blank letters (Max 2) - Need Help?
Dictionary

Showing words for HANGNAIL using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Hangnail

hangnail

7 Letter Words for Hangnail

alangin, anginal, anglian, anhinga, ghanian, nagnail

6 Letter Words for Hangnail

aahing, agnail, alanin, alhagi, angina, anhang, haglin, haling, inanga, linaga, ningal

5 Letter Words for Hangnail

again, aghan, agila, ahing, alang, alani, algin, align, angia, anigh, anlia, annal, galah, galan, ghain, ghana, hagia, hanna, ingan, laang, lagan, lagna, laigh, lanai, langi, liana, liang, ligan, linga, linha, nahal, nanga, ngana

4 Letter Words for Hangnail

agal, agha, agin, agla, agni, aina, alai, alan, alga, alia, alin, anal, anan, anga, anil, anna, anni, gaia, gail, gain, gala, gali, gila, ginn, glia, hagi, hail, hain, hala, hang, hani, hila, hing, inga, lain, lana, lang, lina, ling, linn, naan, naga, nagi, naig, nail, nain, nala, nana, ngai, nigh, nina

3 Letter Words for Hangnail

aah, aal, aga, aha, ahi, aia, ail, ain, ala, alg, aln, ana, ann, gal, gan, gin, hag, han, hia, hin, iaa, ign, ing, inn, laa, lag, lah, lai, lan, lig, lin, naa, nag, nah, nig, nil

Definitions for Hangnail

[1] a small piece of partly detached skin at the side or base of the fingernail.
[2] a piece of skin torn away from, but still attached to, the base or side of a fingernail

Words nearby Hangnail

hanging wall, hangingfly, hangman, hangman's fracture, hangman's knot, hangnail, hangout, hangover, hangry, hangtag, hangtown fry

Origin of Hangnail

1300–50; Middle English angenayle corn, Old English angnægl, equivalent to ang- (variant of enge narrow, painful; cognate with German eng, see anger) + nægl callus, nail; modern h- by association with hang

Word origin for Hangnail

C17: from Old English angnægl, from enge tight + nægl nail ; influenced by hang