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— English words —

• handsel n. (Obsolete) A lucky omen.
• handsel n. A gift given at New Year, or at the start of some enterprise or new situation, meant to ensure good luck.
• handsel n. (Archaic) Price, payment; especially the first installment of a series.
• handsel v. (Transitive) To give a handsel to.
• handsel v. (Transitive) To inaugurate by means of some ceremony; to break in.
• handsel v. (Transitive) To use or do for the first time, especially so as to make fortunate or unfortunate; to…

47 English words from 6 English definitions

Archaic as␣to break break␣in by␣means␣of ceremony do␣for ensure enterprise especially first first␣time for fortunate gift give given good good␣luck handsel inaugurate installment luck lucky make means meant meant␣to new New␣Year Obsolete of␣a omen payment Price series situation so␣as so␣as␣to some start the time Transitive unfortunate use Year

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

handsels handseled handseling handselled handseller handsellers handselling Handsel␣Monday

2 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

unhandseled unhandselled

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

and AND -and and- ands ANDs and's DSE han Han hand Hand HAND hands Hands NDs SEL

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

dna DNA ESD Esd. les Les LES -les- nah NAH Nah. SDN

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

Dahlens handles

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

Delhians Engdahls Haldanes halsened hand␣gels handlers Handlers handless handlest Handleys handsels hanseled Haselden healands Heglands Heldmans Helfands Hellands Hinsdale Lenhards Shandley shetland Shetland unhalsed unlashed unshaled

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

adshel Andels Dahlen Dahles Dalens Deahls elands Elands endash en-dash en␣dash Hadens halsed halsen Handel handes handle Hanels hansel Hansel healds Healds landes Landes lanseh lashed Lehans Leshan Nadels naleds Sandel sendal shaden Shadle shaled Sladen

2 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

hand␣gel handset

3 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

Handel hansel Hansel

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