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Is handy a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word handy is a Scrabble US word. The word handy is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is handy a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word handy is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

H4A1N1D2Y4

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

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5-letter words (1 found)

HANDY,

4-letter words (2 found)

HAND,NYAH,

3-letter words (12 found)

AND,ANY,DAH,DAN,DAY,HAD,HAN,HAY,NAH,NAY,YAD,YAH,

2-letter words (9 found)

AD,AH,AN,AY,DA,HA,NA,NY,YA,

You can make 24 words from handy according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of handy

handy ahndy hnady nhady anhdy nahdy hadny ahdny hdany dhany adhny dahny hnday nhday hdnay dhnay ndhay dnhay andhy nadhy adnhy danhy ndahy dnahy hanyd ahnyd hnayd nhayd anhyd nahyd haynd ahynd hyand yhand ayhnd yahnd hnyad nhyad hynad yhnad nyhad ynhad anyhd nayhd aynhd yanhd nyahd ynahd hadyn ahdyn hdayn dhayn adhyn dahyn haydn ahydn hyadn yhadn ayhdn yahdn hdyan dhyan hydan yhdan dyhan ydhan adyhn dayhn aydhn yadhn dyahn ydahn hndya nhdya hdnya dhnya ndhya dnhya hnyda nhyda hynda yhnda nyhda ynhda hdyna dhyna hydna yhdna dyhna ydhna ndyha dnyha nydha yndha dynha ydnha andyh nadyh adnyh danyh ndayh dnayh anydh naydh ayndh yandh nyadh ynadh adynh daynh aydnh yadnh dyanh ydanh ndyah dnyah nydah yndah dynah ydnah

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Definitions and meaning of handy

handy

Etymology 1

From Middle English handy, hondi (attested in personal names), alteration of earlier hendi (“handy, skillful”), from Old English *hendiġ (“skillful”) (attested in listhendiġ (“skilled in art”)), from Proto-West Germanic *handīg, *handag, *handug, from Proto-Germanic *handugaz (“handy, skillful, nimble”), from *handuz (“hand”), equivalent to hand +‎ -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian jäntich (“handy”), Middle Low German handich (“skillful, apt”), Middle High German handec, hendec (“manual, hand-held”), Old Norse hǫndugr (“efficient”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐌲𐍃 (handugs, “wise, clever”). Akin to Dutch handig (“handy”), Norwegian hendig (“handy”), Swedish händig (“handy”).

Alternative forms

  • hendy (obsolete or dialectal)

Pronunciation

  • enPR: hăn'di, IPA(key): /ˈhæn.di/
  • Rhymes: -ændi

Adjective

handy (comparative handier, superlative handiest)

  1. Easy to use, useful.
  2. Nearby, within reach.
    Synonyms: at hand, on hand, to hand
  3. Dexterous, skilful. (of a person)
    Synonym: crafty
  4. (slang) Physically violent; tending to use one's fists.
  5. Of a freight ship: having a small cargo capacity (less than 40,000 DWT); belonging to the handysize class.
Antonyms
  • awkward
Derived terms
Translations
References
  • “handy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “handy”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “handy”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Etymology 2

hand +‎ -y (“diminutive suffix”)

Noun

handy (plural handies or handsies)

  1. (childish) The hand.

Etymology 3

Clipping of handgun and hand job followed by -y (“diminutive suffix”)

Noun

handy (plural handies)

  1. (MLE, slang) A handgun.
  2. (vulgar, slang) A hand job.
    Synonym: wristy
Translations

Etymology 4

Disputed; see German Handy: according to some commentators, this meaning is originally from German (a condensed form of Handfunktelefon), whereas others claim there was an early, but now neglected, antetype of it in English (from etymology 1).

Noun

handy (plural handies)

  1. (mostly used by Germans) Synonym of mobile phone
Descendants
  • →? German: Handy
Translations

Anagrams

  • Haydn

Scots

Adjective

handy (comparative handier, superlative handiest)

  1. handy
  2. dexterous, skilful
  3. amenable (of an animal)

Source: wiktionary.org