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Is dangle a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word dangle is a Scrabble US word. The word dangle is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

D2A1N1G2L1E1

Is dangle a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word dangle is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

D2A1N1G2L1E1

Is dangle a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word dangle is a Words With Friends word. The word dangle is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

D2A1N2G3L2E1

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6-letter words (3 found)

ANGLED,DANGLE,LAGEND,

5-letter words (11 found)

ANGEL,ANGLE,ELAND,GALED,GENAL,GLADE,GLAND,GLEAN,LADEN,LANDE,NALED,

4-letter words (30 found)

AGED,AGEN,DALE,DANG,DEAL,DEAN,EGAD,EGAL,ELAN,GADE,GAED,GAEN,GALE,GANE,GEAL,GEAN,GELD,GENA,GLAD,GLED,GLEN,LADE,LAND,LANE,LANG,LEAD,LEAN,LEND,LENG,NEAL,

3-letter words (31 found)

AGE,ALE,AND,ANE,DAE,DAG,DAL,DAN,DEG,DEL,DEN,EAN,ELD,END,ENG,GAD,GAE,GAL,GAN,GED,GEL,GEN,LAD,LAG,LEA,LED,LEG,NAE,NAG,NED,NEG,

2-letter words (14 found)

AD,AE,AG,AL,AN,DA,DE,EA,ED,EL,EN,LA,NA,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 90 words from dangle according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of dangle

dangle

Etymology

Uncertain, but likely of North Germanic origin, akin to Danish dingle, dangle, Swedish dangla (“to swing about”), Norwegian dangla, perhaps via North Frisian dangeln; all possibly related to Old Norse dengja (“to hit”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdæŋ.ɡl̩/
  • Rhymes: -æŋɡəl

Verb

dangle (third-person singular simple present dangles, present participle dangling, simple past and past participle dangled)

  1. (intransitive) To hang loosely with the ability to swing.
  2. (intransitive, slang, ice hockey, lacrosse) The action of performing a move or deke with the puck in order to get past a defender or goalie; perhaps because of the resemblance to dangling the puck on a string.
  3. (transitive) To hang or trail something loosely.
  4. (transitive, figurative, by extension) To put forth as a possibility.
  5. (intransitive, dated) To trail or follow around.
  6. (medicine, intransitive) Of a patient: to be positioned with the legs hanging over the edge of the bed.
  7. (medicine, transitive) To position (a patient) in this way.

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Noun

dangle (plural dangles)

  1. An agent of one intelligence agency or group who pretends to be interested in defecting or turning to another intelligence agency or group.
  2. (slang, ice hockey, lacrosse) The action of dangling; a series of complex stick tricks and fakes in order to defeat the defender in style.
    That was a sick dangle for a great goal!
  3. A dangling ornament or decoration.

References

Anagrams

  • Glenda, angled, geland, gladen

Source: wiktionary.org