Anagram Solver

Scrabble Word Finder & Unscrambler

Portable Edition New!

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

Showing words for MAINSPRING using the English dictionary

10 Letter Words for Mainspring

mainspring

9 Letter Words for Mainspring

sirnaming, spraining

8 Letter Words for Mainspring

aspiring, graminin, inarming, ingrains, pairings, praising, primings, rampings, singarip, spaining

7 Letter Words for Mainspring

airings, airning, arising, armings, aspirin, aspring, gripman, impairs, impings, ingrain, ingrian, maining, mainpin, margins, migrans, minings, namings, painims, paining, pairing, parings, parsing, pianism, pinangs, pinings, prigman, priming, raginis, raining, raising, ramping, rapinis, rasping, ringman, rinsing, risping, saining, sairing, signman, sinamin, sinapin, snaring, sniping, spaning, sparing, spiring, spraing

6 Letter Words for Mainspring

aiming, airing, amping, animis, arming, arsing, gamins, gispin, grains, graips, gramps, grasni, imaris, impair, imping, inarms, ingans, ingram, inring, inspan, isamin, manini, margin, masing, minars, mingin, mining, miring, mirins, naming, nanism, pagris, painim, panims, paning, panini, paring, pigman, pinang, pining, pinman, pinnas, pirais, pisang, prangs, primas, prinia, ragini, raisin, ramins, raping, rapini, riming, riping, rising, saimin, samiri, saning, saprin, saring, sigrim, simian, simpai, singan, sining, siping, sirian, siring, spaing, spinar, spiran, sprain, sprang, spring

5 Letter Words for Mainspring

agrin, airns, amini, amins, animi, apiin, aping, apism, argin, armin, gains, gairs, gamin, gamps, garni, gimps, giris, girns, gnars, grain, graip, gramp, grams, grans, grasp, grias, grimp, grins, grips, ignis, imari, impar, impis, inarm, ingan, irani, irian, iring, mains, mairs, mangi, mangs, manis, mansi, margs, maris, minar, mings, minis, mirin, naris, ngapi, niais, nigra, nipas, niris, nisan, pagri, pains, pairs, pangi, pangs, panim, paris, parsi, pians, piing, piman, pimas, pinas, pings, pinna, pirai, pirns, prams, prang, priam, prigs, prima, primi, prims, prism, ragis, rains, ramin, ramis, ramps, rimas, rimpi, rings, sampi, sapin, sapir, sarin, sarip, sigma, signa, simar, simia, sinai, spain, spair, spang, spann, sparm, spina, spira, sprag, sprig

4 Letter Words for Mainspring

agin, agni, aims, ains, airn, airs, amin, amis, amps, anim, anis, anni, anns, ansi, apii, apis, aris, arms, arni, asin, gain, gair, gamp, gams, gaps, gari, garn, gars, gasp, gimp, ginn, gins, giri, girn, gism, gnar, gram, gran, gras, grim, grin, grip, gris, iman, impi, imps, inga, inia, inns, insp, iran, iris, magi, mags, main, mair, mang, mani, mans, maps, marg, mari, mars, mian, mias, migs, ming, mini, mins, mips, miri, mirs, mnas, mrna, nagi, nags, naig, nain, nais, nams, naps, nasi, ngai, nims, nina, nipa, nips, nisi, pain, pair, pais, pams, pang, pans, pari, pars, pasi, pian, pias, pigs, pima, pina, ping, pins, pirn, pirs, pisa, pmsg, prag, pram, prig, prim, prin, psia, psig, ragi, rags, rain, rais, rami, ramp, rams, rang, rann, raps, rasp, rias, riga, rigs, rima, rims, ring, rins, ripa, rips, risp, saim, sain, saip, sair, sami, samp, sang, sari, siam, sian, sign, sima, simi, simp, sina, sing, siri, smir, snag, snap, snar, snig, snip, spag, spam, span, spar, spig, spin

3 Letter Words for Mainspring

agr, ags, aim, ain, air, ais, ami, amp, ann, ans, apr, arg, arm, arn, ars, asg, asp, gam, gan, gap, gar, gas, gim, gin, gis, gnp, gns, gpm, gps, gra, grs, ign, imi, imp, ing, inn, ins, ipm, ipr, ips, ira, irs, ism, isn, mag, man, map, mar, mas, mgr, mia, mig, min, mir, mis, mna, mpg, mri, mrs, msg, nag, nam, nap, nar, nas, nig, nim, nip, nis, pam, pan, par, pas, pia, pig, pin, pir, pis, pms, prn, prs, psi, rag, rai, ram, ran, rap, ras, ria, rig, rim, rin, rip, rms, rna, rpm, rps, sag, sai, sam, san, sap, sar, sig, sim, sin, sip, sir, sma, spa, sri

Definitions for Mainspring

[1] the principal spring in a mechanism, as in a watch.
[2] the chief motive power; the impelling cause.
[3] the principal power spring of a mechanism, esp in a watch or clock
[4] the chief cause or motive of something

Words related to Mainspring

emotion, motivation, impulse, influence, idea, aim, intention, intent, rationale, consideration, passion, feeling, cause, provenance, element, motive, source, connection, ancestry, ancestor

Words nearby Mainspring

mainmast, mainour, mains, mainsail, mainsheet, mainspring, mainstay, mainstream, mainstream corporation tax, mainstreamer, mainstreaming

Origin of Mainspring

First recorded in 1585–95; main1 + spring

Synonyms for Mainspring

basic idea, basis, center, core, cornerstone, criterion, crux, gist, heart, idea, kernel, linchpin, marrow, measure, motive, nub, pith, principle, root, source, spring, standard, substance