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Is finagle a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word finagle is a Scrabble US word. The word finagle is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

F4I1N1A1G2L1E1

Is finagle a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word finagle is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

F4I1N1A1G2L1E1

Is finagle a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word finagle is a Words With Friends word. The word finagle is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

F4I1N2A1G3L2E1

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7-letter words (3 found)

FEALING,FINAGLE,LEAFING,

6-letter words (7 found)

EALING,ELFING,FANGLE,FINALE,FLANGE,GENIAL,LINAGE,

5-letter words (25 found)

AGILE,ALGIN,ALIEN,ALIGN,ALINE,ANGEL,ANGLE,ANILE,ELAIN,ELFIN,FAGIN,FAINE,FEIGN,FINAL,FLANE,FLING,GANEF,GENAL,GLEAN,INGLE,LIANE,LIANG,LIGAN,LIGNE,LINGA,

4-letter words (53 found)

AGEN,AGIN,AINE,ALEF,ALIF,ANIL,EGAL,EINA,ELAN,FAIL,FAIN,FANE,FANG,FEAL,FENI,FILA,FILE,FINE,FLAG,FLAN,FLEA,FLEG,GAEN,GAIN,GALE,GANE,GEAL,GEAN,GENA,GIEN,GILA,GLEI,GLEN,GLIA,ILEA,LAIN,LANE,LANG,LEAF,LEAN,LENG,LIEF,LIEN,LIFE,LINE,LING,NAIF,NAIL,NEAL,NEIF,NGAI,NIEF,NIFE,

3-letter words (41 found)

AGE,AIL,AIN,ALE,ALF,ANE,ANI,EAN,ELF,ENG,FAE,FAG,FAN,FEG,FEN,FIE,FIG,FIL,FIN,GAE,GAL,GAN,GEL,GEN,GIE,GIF,GIN,ING,LAG,LEA,LEG,LEI,LIE,LIG,LIN,NAE,NAG,NEF,NEG,NIE,NIL,

2-letter words (18 found)

AE,AG,AI,AL,AN,EA,EF,EL,EN,FA,FE,GI,IF,IN,LA,LI,NA,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 148 words from finagle according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of finagle

finagle

Etymology

Americanism from the 1920s, perhaps combining an alteration of fainaigue (“to renege”) with the suffix +‎ -le (“frequentative”);, possibly influenced by inveigle; compare haggle.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /fɪˈneɪ.ɡəl/
  • Rhymes: -eɪɡəl

Verb

finagle (third-person singular simple present finagles, present participle finagling, simple past and past participle finagled)

  1. (transitive) To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts.
    Synonyms: fainaigue, wangle
  2. (transitive) To obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitful methods, by trickery.
    Synonyms: fainaigue, wangle
  3. (transitive, intransitive) To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object)

Alternative forms

  • finangle, phenagle

Derived terms

  • finagler

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References

Further reading

  • finagle, The Word Detective, February 12th, 2008
  • “finagle”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • Lai-feng, Laifeng, faeling, fealing, fleaing, leafing

Source: wiktionary.org