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Is shenanigan a Scrabble word?

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

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Is shenanigan a Scrabble UK word?

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

S1H4E1N1A1N1I1G2A1N1

Is shenanigan a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word shenanigan is a Words With Friends word. The word shenanigan is worth 17 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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10-letter words (1 found)

SHENANIGAN,

8-letter words (2 found)

ANHINGAS,HENNAING,

7-letter words (9 found)

ANAGENS,ANGINAS,ANHINGA,HENNING,HENNINS,INANGAS,INNAGES,NANNIES,SEANING,

6-letter words (31 found)

AAHING,AGNISE,AINGAS,ANAGEN,ANGINA,ASHINE,ASHING,EANING,EASING,ENSIGN,GEISHA,HAEING,HANGIS,HENNAS,HENNIN,HINGES,INANES,INANGA,INGANS,INNAGE,INSANE,NANNAS,NANNIE,NEIGHS,NGANAS,SANGHA,SANING,SANNIE,SHENAI,SHINNE,SIENNA,

5-letter words (47 found)

AEGIS,AGAIN,AGHAS,AHING,AIGAS,AINGA,ANGAS,ANIGH,ANISE,ANNAS,ANSAE,ASHEN,EHING,GAINS,GEANS,GENAS,GNASH,HAINS,HANGI,HANGS,HANSA,HANSE,HENNA,HINGE,HINGS,INANE,INGAN,ISNAE,NAANS,NAGAS,NANAS,NANNA,NASHI,NEIGH,NGANA,NIGHS,NINES,SAIGA,SAINE,SANGA,SANGH,SEGNI,SENGI,SENNA,SHINE,SIGNA,SINGE,

4-letter words (89 found)

AAHS,AGAS,AGEN,AGES,AGHA,AGIN,AHIS,AIAS,AIGA,AINE,AINS,ANAN,ANAS,ANES,ANGA,ANIS,ANNA,ANNS,ANSA,ASEA,EANS,EGIS,EINA,EISH,ENGS,GAEN,GAES,GAIN,GANE,GANS,GASH,GEAN,GENA,GENS,GHIS,GIEN,GIES,GINN,GINS,HAEN,HAES,HAGS,HAIN,HANG,HENS,HIES,HING,HINS,HISN,INGS,INNS,ISNA,NAAN,NAES,NAGA,NAGS,NAIN,NANA,NANE,NANG,NANS,NEGS,NESH,NGAI,NIES,NIGH,NINE,NISH,SAAG,SAGA,SAGE,SAIN,SANE,SANG,SEAN,SENA,SHAG,SHAN,SHEA,SHEN,SHIN,SIEN,SIGH,SIGN,SINE,SING,SINH,SNAG,SNIG,

3-letter words (63 found)

AAH,AAS,AGA,AGE,AGS,AHA,AHI,AHS,AIA,AIN,AIS,ANA,ANE,ANI,ANN,ANS,ASH,EAN,EAS,EHS,ENG,ENS,GAE,GAN,GAS,GEN,GHI,GIE,GIN,GIS,HAE,HAG,HAN,HAS,HEN,HES,HIE,HIN,HIS,ING,INN,INS,ISH,NAE,NAG,NAH,NAN,NAS,NEG,NIE,NIS,SAE,SAG,SAI,SAN,SEA,SEG,SEI,SEN,SHA,SHE,SIG,SIN,

2-letter words (21 found)

AA,AE,AG,AH,AI,AN,AS,EA,EH,EN,ES,GI,HA,HE,HI,IN,IS,NA,NE,SH,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 264 words from shenanigan according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of shenanigan

shenanigan

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Earliest known use comes from San Francisco in 1855 at the time of the California Gold Rush. These possibilities have been suggested:

  • French ces manigances (“these fraudulent schemes”).
  • Spanish chanada, shortening of charranada (“trick, deceit”).
  • Irish sionnachuighim (“I play the fox”).
  • Rhine Franconian schinägeln (“to work hard”), from the peddler's argot term Schenigelei (“work”).
  • East Anglian dialect nannicking (“playing the fool”).
  • 18th century German Scheinheilige (“sham holy men / sham holy actions”, noun plural), scheinheilig (“hypocritical”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃəˈnæn.ɪˌɡən/,

Noun

shenanigan (countable and uncountable, plural shenanigans)

  1. (countable) A deceitful confidence trick, or mischief causing discomfort or annoyance.
  2. (uncountable, dated, rare) singular of shenanigans.

Derived terms

  • shenanigous

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References

  • shenanigan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Source: wiktionary.org