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— English words —

• handfast n. (Obsolete) A hold, grasp; custody, power of confining or keeping.
• handfast n. (Obsolete) A contract, agreement, covenant; specifically betrothal, espousal.
• handfast v. (Transitive) To pledge; to bind.
• handfast v. (Transitive, Scotland, archaic or historical except Wicca) To betroth by joining hands, in order to…
• handfast adj. (Obsolete) Fast by contract; betrothed by joining hands.
• handfast adj. (Rare) Strong; steadfast.

32 English words from 6 English definitions

agreement archaic betroth betrothal betrothed bind confining contract covenant custody espousal except Fast grasp hands historical hold in␣order in␣order␣to joining keeping Obsolete order pledge power Rare Scotland specifically steadfast Strong Transitive Wicca

5 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

handfasts handfasted handfastly handfasting handfastings

27 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

and AND -and and- ast Ast AST -ast as't DFA D.F.A. DFAs DFAS D.F.A.s fas Fas FAs FAS fast Fast FAST han Han hand Hand HAND NDF

9 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

AfD dna DNA nah NAH Nah. SAF TSA T(S/A)

2 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

handfasts handstaff

3 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

fantads Fatshan Fat␣Shan

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

landfast

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