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Is handsel a Scrabble word?

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

H4A1N1D2S1E1L1

Is handsel a Scrabble UK word?

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

H4A1N1D2S1E1L1

Is handsel a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word handsel is a Words With Friends word. The word handsel is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

H3A1N2D2S1E1L2

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7-letter words (2 found)

HANDLES,HANDSEL,

6-letter words (12 found)

ELANDS,ENDASH,HALSED,HANDLE,HANSEL,HEALDS,LADENS,LANDES,LASHED,NALEDS,SENDAL,SHALED,

5-letter words (44 found)

ASHED,ASHEN,DAHLS,DALES,DEALS,DEANS,DEASH,DHALS,ELAND,ELANS,HADES,HALED,HALES,HALSE,HANDS,HANSE,HEADS,HEALD,HEALS,HENDS,LADEN,LADES,LANDE,LANDS,LANES,LASED,LEADS,LEANS,LEASH,LENDS,NALED,NEALS,SADHE,SANED,SEDAN,SELAH,SHADE,SHALE,SHAND,SHEAL,SHEND,SLADE,SLANE,SNEAD,

4-letter words (67 found)

AHED,ALES,ANDS,ANES,DAES,DAHL,DAHS,DALE,DALS,DANS,DASH,DEAL,DEAN,DELS,DENS,DHAL,EANS,EDHS,ELAN,ELDS,ENDS,HADE,HADS,HAED,HAEN,HAES,HALE,HAND,HEAD,HEAL,HELD,HEND,HENS,LADE,LADS,LAHS,LAND,LANE,LASE,LASH,LEAD,LEAN,LEAS,LEND,LENS,NADS,NAES,NEAL,NEDS,NESH,SADE,SALE,SAND,SANE,SEAL,SEAN,SELD,SENA,SEND,SHAD,SHAN,SHEA,SHED,SHEN,SLAE,SLED,SNED,

3-letter words (50 found)

ADS,AHS,ALE,ALS,AND,ANE,ANS,ASH,DAE,DAH,DAL,DAN,DAS,DEL,DEN,EAN,EAS,EDH,EDS,EHS,ELD,ELS,END,ENS,HAD,HAE,HAN,HAS,HEN,HES,LAD,LAH,LAS,LEA,LED,LES,NAE,NAH,NAS,NED,SAD,SAE,SAL,SAN,SEA,SED,SEL,SEN,SHA,SHE,

2-letter words (20 found)

AD,AE,AH,AL,AN,AS,DA,DE,EA,ED,EH,EL,EN,ES,HA,HE,LA,NA,NE,SH,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 196 words from handsel according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of handsel

handsel

Alternative forms

  • hansel

Etymology

From Middle English handsell, hanselle, from Old English handselen and/or Old Norse handsal (literally “hand-gift”). Cognate with Scots hansel, Danish handsel.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhænd.səl/, /ˈhæn.səl/
  • Rhymes: -ændsəl, -ænsəl

Noun

handsel (plural handsels)

  1. (obsolete) A lucky omen.
  2. A gift given at New Year, or at the start of some enterprise or new situation, meant to ensure good luck.
  3. (archaic) Price, payment; especially the first installment of a series.

Derived terms

  • Handsel Monday, the first Monday of the new year, when handsels or presents are given to servants, children, etc.

Translations

Verb

handsel (third-person singular simple present handsels, present participle handselling or handseling, simple past and past participle handselled or handseled)

  1. (transitive) To give a handsel to.
  2. (transitive) To inaugurate by means of some ceremony; to break in.
    • , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.86:
      And it is better undecently to faile in hanseling the nuptiall bed, full of agitation and fits, by waiting for some or other fitter occasion, and more private opportunitie, lest sudden and alarmed, than to fall into a perpetuall miserie, by apprehending an astonishment and desperation of the first refusall.
  3. (transitive) To use or do for the first time, especially so as to make fortunate or unfortunate; to try experimentally.

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Derived terms

  • unhandseled

Anagrams

  • Dahlens, handles

Danish

Etymology

Old Norse handsal, see hånd and salg.

Noun

handsel

  1. (obsolete, finance) down payment, security
  2. (obsolete) a good omen

Further reading

  • “handsel” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Source: wiktionary.org