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Is nail a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word nail is a Scrabble US word. The word nail is worth 4 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word nail is a Scrabble UK word and has 4 points:

N1A1I1L1

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4-letter words (3 found)

ANIL,LAIN,NAIL,

3-letter words (5 found)

AIL,AIN,ANI,LIN,NIL,

2-letter words (7 found)

AI,AL,AN,IN,LA,LI,NA,

You can make 15 words from nail according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of nail

nail anil nial inal ainl ianl nali anli nlai lnai alni lani nila inla nlia lnia ilna lina ailn ialn alin lain ilan lian

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Definitions and meaning of nail

nail

Pronunciation

  • enPR: nāl, IPA(key): /neɪl/, [neɪ̯ɫ]
  • Rhymes: -eɪl

Etymology 1

From Middle English nail, nayl, Old English næġl, from Proto-West Germanic *nagl, from Proto-Germanic *naglaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nogʰ- (“nail”).

Noun

nail (plural nails)

  1. The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals.
  2. The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera.
  3. The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds.
  4. The claw of a bird or other animal.
  5. A spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials. The nail is generally driven through two or more layers of material by means of impacts from a hammer or other device. It is then held in place by friction.
  6. A round pedestal on which merchants once carried out their business, such as the four nails outside The Exchange, Bristol.
  7. An archaic English unit of length equivalent to 1⁄20 of an ell or 1⁄16 of a yard (2+1⁄4 inches or 5.715 cm).
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See also

  • claw
  • talon

Etymology 2

From Middle English naylen, from Old English næġlan.

Verb

nail (third-person singular simple present nails, present participle nailing, simple past and past participle nailed)

  1. (transitive) To fix (an object) to another object using a nail.
    Coordinate terms: pin, rivet, screw; see also Thesaurus:join
  2. (intransitive) To drive a nail.
    Synonym: hammer
  3. (transitive) To stud or boss with nails, or as if with nails.
  4. (slang) To catch.
    Synonyms: arrest, collar, nick; see also Thesaurus:capture
  5. (transitive, slang) To expose as a sham.
  6. (transitive, slang) To accomplish (a task) completely and successfully.
    Synonyms: ace, fullbring, fulfill
    Antonym: screw
  7. (transitive, slang) To hit (a target) effectively with some weapon.
  8. (transitive, vulgar, slang) Of a male, to engage in sexual intercourse with.
    Synonyms: dick, pound, rail, screw; see also Thesaurus:copulate with
  9. (military) To spike, as a cannon.
  10. (transitive) To nail down: to make certain, or confirm.
    Synonyms: clinch, fix, lock down, pin down
  11. (slang, transitive, obsolete) To steal.
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See also

  • Wikipedia disambiguation page on both meanings of nail
  • Wikipedia disambiguation page on spike
  • Nail in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

  • I-lan, INLA, Ilan, LNAI, Lain, Lani, Lian, Lina, Nila, anil, lain

Bouyei

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɐi˨˦/

Etymology 1

Noun

nail

  1. grandmother

Etymology 2

Noun

nail

  1. snow
  2. ice

Middle English

Noun

nail

  1. Alternative form of nayl

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish نَائِل (nāʾil), from Arabic نَائِل (nāʔil), active participle of نَالَ (nāla, “to bestow, to give, to grant”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naːˈil/
  • Hyphenation: na‧il

Adjective

nail

  1. Who does or has receive, obtain, attain.

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References

Further reading

  • “nail”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
  • Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “na’il”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3479

Vietnamese

Etymology

English nail.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [new˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [new˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [new˧˧]
  • Phonetic: nêu
  • Homophone: nêu

Noun

nail

  1. nailcare
    làm nail ― perform nailcare
    nghề nail ― nailcare as a profession

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nai̯l/

Noun

nail

  1. Nasal mutation of dail.

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Source: wiktionary.org