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Yes. The word hanger is a Scrabble US word. The word hanger is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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

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6-letter words (2 found)

HANGER,REHANG,

5-letter words (5 found)

ANGER,GERAH,RANGE,REGNA,RENGA,

4-letter words (26 found)

AGEN,AGER,AREG,ARGH,EARN,GAEN,GANE,GARE,GEAN,GEAR,GENA,GNAR,GRAN,GREN,HAEN,HANG,HARE,HARN,HEAR,HERN,NARE,NEAR,RAGE,RANG,REAN,RHEA,

3-letter words (29 found)

AGE,ANE,ARE,EAN,EAR,ENG,ERA,ERG,ERN,GAE,GAN,GAR,GEN,GER,HAE,HAG,HAN,HEN,HER,NAE,NAG,NAH,NEG,RAG,RAH,RAN,REG,REH,REN,

2-letter words (14 found)

AE,AG,AH,AN,AR,EA,EH,EN,ER,HA,HE,NA,NE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 77 words from hanger according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of hanger

hanger

Etymology 1

From Middle English hanger, haunger, hangere, equivalent to hang +‎ -er. Compare West Frisian hinger (“hanger”), Dutch hanger (“hanger”), German Hänger and Henker.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhæŋ.ə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhæŋ.ɚ/
    • (pre-/ŋ/ tensing) IPA(key): [ˈheɪŋ.ɚ]
  • Rhymes: -æŋə(ɹ)
  • Homophone: hangar

Noun

hanger (plural hangers)

  1. One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman, paper hanger, etc.
  2. A person who attempts suicide by hanging.
  3. That by which a thing is suspended.
    1. A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended.
    2. A bridle iron.
    3. A clothes hanger.
  4. (now historical) A short and broad backsword, worn so to hang at the side, especially popular in the 18th century.
  5. (UK) A steep, wooded slope.
  6. (baseball, slang) A hanging pitch; a pitch (typically a breaking ball or slider) that is poorly executed, hence easy to hit.
  7. (Australian rules football, informal) Synonym of spectacular mark
  8. (climbing) A device secured by a bolt and used to attach a carabiner.
Usage notes

Not to be confused with hangar (a garage-like building for airplanes).

Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Blend of hunger +‎ anger.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhaŋɡə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhæŋɡɚ/
  • Rhymes: -æŋɡə(ɹ)

Noun

hanger (uncountable)

  1. (slang) Hunger and anger, especially when the anger is induced by the hunger.
Related terms
  • hangry

Anagrams

  • Hagner, Rhegan, rehang

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English hanger, from Middle English hanger, haunger, hangere, equivalent to hang +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ha‧nger

Noun

hanger

  1. hanger; coat hanger; clothes hanger

Dutch

Etymology

From hangen +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: han‧ger
  • Rhymes: -ɑŋər

Noun

hanger m (plural hangers, diminutive hangertje n)

  1. hanger
  2. jewel that hangs

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: hanger

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch hanger.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhaŋər]
  • Hyphenation: hang‧êr

Noun

hangêr (first-person possessive hangerku, second-person possessive hangermu, third-person possessive hangernya)

  1. (colloquial) clothes hanger.

Further reading

  • “hanger” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Middle English

Noun

hanger

  1. Alternative form of anger

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خنجر (hancer), from Persian خنجر (xanjar).

Noun

hanger n (plural hangere)

  1. dagger

Declension

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English hanger.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhaŋeɾ/, [ˈha.ŋɛɾ]
  • Hyphenation: ha‧nger

Noun

hanger (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜅᜒᜇ᜔)

  1. hanger; coat hanger; clothes hanger
    Synonym: pansampay

Further reading

  • “hanger”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Source: wiktionary.org