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Is handbag a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word handbag is a Scrabble US word. The word handbag is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

H4A1N1D2B3A1G2

Is handbag a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word handbag is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

H4A1N1D2B3A1G2

Is handbag a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word handbag is a Words With Friends word. The word handbag is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

H3A1N2D2B4A1G3

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7-letter words (1 found)

HANDBAG,

5-letter words (6 found)

ABAND,ADHAN,BANDA,BANDH,BHANG,DHABA,

4-letter words (10 found)

AGHA,ANGA,BAGH,BAND,BANG,DANG,HAND,HANG,NADA,NAGA,

3-letter words (24 found)

AAH,ABA,AGA,AHA,ANA,AND,BAA,BAD,BAG,BAH,BAN,DAB,DAG,DAH,DAN,GAB,GAD,GAN,HAD,HAG,HAN,NAB,NAG,NAH,

2-letter words (10 found)

AA,AB,AD,AG,AH,AN,BA,DA,HA,NA,

You can make 51 words from handbag according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of handbag

handbag

Etymology

From hand +‎ bag. The music genre is named from women dancing around a pile of their handbags in nightclubs. The verb is a reference to Margaret Thatcher's handbag.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈhændˌbæɡ/, /ˈhæm.bəɡ/

Noun

handbag (countable and uncountable, plural handbags)

  1. (now rare) A small bag carried in the hand, used either when travelling or to carry tools for a specific job. [from 19th c.]
  2. (chiefly Commonwealth) A small bag used chiefly by women for carrying various small personal items, sometimes considered as a fashion accessory. [from 19th c.]
    Synonym: (North America) purse
    Coordinate terms: man-bag, murse
  3. (uncountable, music) Ellipsis of handbag house. [from 20th c.]

Derived terms

  • bachelor's handbag
  • handbags at dawn
  • hardbag
  • I lost my handbag
  • man-bag
  • smell like a tart's handbag

Translations

Verb

handbag (third-person singular simple present handbags, present participle handbagging, simple past and past participle handbagged)

  1. (British, transitive, humorous) To attack verbally or subject to criticism (typically used of a woman).

References

Further reading

  • “handbag”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • handbag on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Source: wiktionary.org