Definition of handkerchiefs

"handkerchiefs" in the noun sense

1. handkerchief, hankie, hanky, hankey

a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory

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handkerchiefs in Scrabble®

The word handkerchiefs is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 29

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters handkerchiefs:

HANDKERCHIEFS
(315)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (127 words)

achenes, adheres, aniseed, arcsine, arsenic, arsheen, arshine, cairned, candies, cankers, careens, carnies, cashier, chafers, chained, chainer, chaired, cherish, chinked, cinders, cranked, crashed, creaked, creased, dancers, darkens, darkish, deafens, dearies, decanes, decares, deckers, decries, defacer, defaces, defiers, definer, defines, dehisce, deicers, deniers, discern, disrank, echidna, encased, endears, fadeins, faeries, fancied, fancier, fancies, fencers, fenders, fiancee, fiances, finched, finches, finders, fracked, freaked, freesia, freshen, friends, frisked, hackers, hackish, handers, handier, hankers, hankies, hardens, harkens, headers, headier, hearken, hearsed, heifers, hernias, hinders, incased, inchers, inreach, kneader, nickase, radices, ranched, ranches, reached, reaches, readies, reasked, recaned, recanes, rechain, redfish, refaced, refaces, refinds, refined, refines, rehides, reinked, rescind, reshake, reshine, ricksha, sandier, sardine, scarfed, shacked, shadier, shakier, sharked, sheafed, sheared, shirked, shrined, sidecar, sincere, snacked, snakier, snarfed, snarked, sneaked, sneaker, snicked, snicker

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word handkerchiefs

HANDKERCHIEFS
(315)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(279)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(210)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(188)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(186)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(144)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(140)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(136)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(132)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(124)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(120)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(116)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(116)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(116)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(93)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(78)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(66)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(62)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(57)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(47)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(40)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(38)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(36)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(35)

The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In handkerchiefs

HANDKERCHIEFS
(315)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(279)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(210)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(188)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(186)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(144)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(140)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(136)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(132)
HACKISH
(126 = 76 + 50)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(124)
HACKISH
(122 = 72 + 50)
HACKISH
(122 = 72 + 50)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(120)
HACKISH
(119 = 69 + 50)
HACKISH
(119 = 69 + 50)
FRACKED
(118 = 68 + 50)
CHINKED
(118 = 68 + 50)
SHACKED
(118 = 68 + 50)
CHINKED
(116 = 66 + 50)
FRACKED
(116 = 66 + 50)
SHACKED
(116 = 66 + 50)
HACKISH
(116 = 66 + 50)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(116)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(116)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(116)
HACKERS
(114 = 64 + 50)
FINCHED
(114 = 64 + 50)
RICKSHA
(114 = 64 + 50)
CHINKED
(113 = 63 + 50)
HACKERS
(113 = 63 + 50)
RICKSHA
(113 = 63 + 50)
SHACKED
(113 = 63 + 50)
FRACKED
(113 = 63 + 50)
RICKSHA
(113 = 63 + 50)
HACKERS
(113 = 63 + 50)
HACKERS
(110 = 60 + 50)
SHARKED
(110 = 60 + 50)
HACKISH
(110 = 60 + 50)
CHAFERS
(110 = 60 + 50)
FINCHES
(110 = 60 + 50)
FRACKED
(110 = 60 + 50)
FREAKED
(110 = 60 + 50)
SHIRKED
(110 = 60 + 50)
CHERISH
(110 = 60 + 50)
DARKISH
(110 = 60 + 50)
FREAKED
(110 = 60 + 50)
SHACKED
(110 = 60 + 50)
CHINKED
(110 = 60 + 50)
DARKISH
(110 = 60 + 50)
SHARKED
(110 = 60 + 50)
DARKISH
(110 = 60 + 50)
SHIRKED
(110 = 60 + 50)
FINCHED
(110 = 60 + 50)
HACKISH
(110 = 60 + 50)
FRACKED
(110 = 60 + 50)
FRISKED
(110 = 60 + 50)
FINCHED
(110 = 60 + 50)
HACKISH
(110 = 60 + 50)
FRISKED
(110 = 60 + 50)
RICKSHA
(110 = 60 + 50)
SHACKED
(110 = 60 + 50)
SHAKIER
(107 = 57 + 50)
SHARKED
(107 = 57 + 50)
SNACKED
(107 = 57 + 50)
CHAFERS
(107 = 57 + 50)
CREAKED
(107 = 57 + 50)
CHERISH
(107 = 57 + 50)
RESHAKE
(107 = 57 + 50)
FRISKED
(107 = 57 + 50)
FINCHED
(107 = 57 + 50)
HEARKEN
(107 = 57 + 50)
CHERISH
(107 = 57 + 50)
RICKSHA
(107 = 57 + 50)
FINCHED
(107 = 57 + 50)
DARKISH
(107 = 57 + 50)
HANKIES
(107 = 57 + 50)
FREAKED
(107 = 57 + 50)
HANKERS
(107 = 57 + 50)
CHAFERS
(107 = 57 + 50)
SNICKED
(107 = 57 + 50)
FINCHES
(107 = 57 + 50)
HACKERS
(107 = 57 + 50)
HANKIES
(107 = 57 + 50)
FINCHES
(107 = 57 + 50)
DECKERS
(107 = 57 + 50)
SHACKED
(107 = 57 + 50)
HANKERS
(107 = 57 + 50)
CHINKED
(107 = 57 + 50)
CHAFERS
(107 = 57 + 50)
HARKENS
(107 = 57 + 50)
SHAKIER
(107 = 57 + 50)
HARKENS
(107 = 57 + 50)
FRACKED
(107 = 57 + 50)
SHIRKED
(107 = 57 + 50)
DECKERS
(107 = 57 + 50)
HACKISH
(107 = 57 + 50)
CRANKED
(107 = 57 + 50)
RESHAKE
(106 = 56 + 50)
SHAKIER
(106 = 56 + 50)
SNACKED
(106 = 56 + 50)
HANKIES
(106 = 56 + 50)
REDFISH
(106 = 56 + 50)
CREAKED
(106 = 56 + 50)
HARKENS
(106 = 56 + 50)
SNICKED
(106 = 56 + 50)
HANKERS
(106 = 56 + 50)
DECKERS
(106 = 56 + 50)
CRANKED
(106 = 56 + 50)
SHEAFED
(106 = 56 + 50)
HEARKEN
(106 = 56 + 50)
FRACKED
(104 = 54 + 50)
REDFISH
(104 = 54 + 50)
FRACKED
(104 = 54 + 50)
SHEAFED
(104 = 54 + 50)
SHACKED
(104 = 54 + 50)
SHEAFED
(104 = 54 + 50)
CHINKED
(104 = 54 + 50)
RESHAKE
(104 = 54 + 50)
CANKERS
(104 = 54 + 50)
FINCHES
(104 = 54 + 50)
HANKIES
(104 = 54 + 50)
FINCHES
(104 = 54 + 50)
CHINKED
(104 = 54 + 50)
CHINKED
(104 = 54 + 50)
FRACKED
(104 = 54 + 50)
SHACKED
(104 = 54 + 50)
CHERISH
(104 = 54 + 50)
CHAFERS
(104 = 54 + 50)
CHINKED
(104 = 54 + 50)
REDFISH
(104 = 54 + 50)
SHACKED
(104 = 54 + 50)
SHAKIER
(104 = 54 + 50)
RESHAKE
(104 = 54 + 50)
SNICKER
(104 = 54 + 50)
FRACKED
(104 = 54 + 50)
NICKASE
(104 = 54 + 50)
REDFISH
(104 = 54 + 50)
HANKERS
(104 = 54 + 50)
HEARKEN
(104 = 54 + 50)
FINCHED
(104 = 54 + 50)
SHACKED
(104 = 54 + 50)
HARKENS
(104 = 54 + 50)
CANKERS
(104 = 54 + 50)
CHINKED
(104 = 54 + 50)
NICKASE
(104 = 54 + 50)
ECHIDNA
(102 = 52 + 50)
CHAINED
(102 = 52 + 50)
NICKASE
(102 = 52 + 50)
HEIFERS
(102 = 52 + 50)
SCARFED
(102 = 52 + 50)
REFACED
(102 = 52 + 50)
CRASHED
(102 = 52 + 50)
DEHISCE
(102 = 52 + 50)
CANKERS
(102 = 52 + 50)
CHAIRED
(102 = 52 + 50)
FANCIED
(102 = 52 + 50)
SNICKER
(102 = 52 + 50)
DEFACER
(102 = 52 + 50)
HACKISH
(102 = 52 + 50)
RANCHED
(102 = 52 + 50)
FRESHEN
(102 = 52 + 50)
DEFACES
(102 = 52 + 50)
REACHED
(102 = 52 + 50)
SNICKED
(101 = 51 + 50)
FINCHED
(101 = 51 + 50)
FINCHED
(101 = 51 + 50)
RICKSHA
(101 = 51 + 50)
RICKSHA
(101 = 51 + 50)
FRISKED
(101 = 51 + 50)
REINKED
(101 = 51 + 50)
CREAKED
(101 = 51 + 50)
REACHED
(101 = 51 + 50)
DEHISCE
(101 = 51 + 50)
FRACKED
(101 = 51 + 50)
RICKSHA
(101 = 51 + 50)
SNACKED
(101 = 51 + 50)
FRESHEN
(101 = 51 + 50)
REFACED
(101 = 51 + 50)
CHAINED
(101 = 51 + 50)
FRESHEN
(101 = 51 + 50)
CRANKED
(101 = 51 + 50)
DISRANK
(101 = 51 + 50)
REASKED
(101 = 51 + 50)
HEIFERS
(101 = 51 + 50)
RICKSHA
(101 = 51 + 50)
FINCHED
(101 = 51 + 50)
DECKERS
(101 = 51 + 50)
HEIFERS
(101 = 51 + 50)
HEIFERS
(101 = 51 + 50)
CRASHED
(101 = 51 + 50)
DARKENS
(101 = 51 + 50)
HACKERS
(101 = 51 + 50)
SHARKED
(101 = 51 + 50)
SNARKED
(101 = 51 + 50)
SHACKED
(101 = 51 + 50)
DEFACES
(101 = 51 + 50)
CHINKED
(101 = 51 + 50)
ECHIDNA
(101 = 51 + 50)
SNEAKED
(101 = 51 + 50)

handkerchiefs in Words With Friends™

The word handkerchiefs is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 29

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters handkerchiefs:

HANDKERCHIEFS
(369)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (127 words)

achenes, adheres, aniseed, arcsine, arsenic, arsheen, arshine, cairned, candies, cankers, careens, carnies, cashier, chafers, chained, chainer, chaired, cherish, chinked, cinders, cranked, crashed, creaked, creased, dancers, darkens, darkish, deafens, dearies, decanes, decares, deckers, decries, defacer, defaces, defiers, definer, defines, dehisce, deicers, deniers, discern, disrank, echidna, encased, endears, fadeins, faeries, fancied, fancier, fancies, fencers, fenders, fiancee, fiances, finched, finches, finders, fracked, freaked, freesia, freshen, friends, frisked, hackers, hackish, handers, handier, hankers, hankies, hardens, harkens, headers, headier, hearken, hearsed, heifers, hernias, hinders, incased, inchers, inreach, kneader, nickase, radices, ranched, ranches, reached, reaches, readies, reasked, recaned, recanes, rechain, redfish, refaced, refaces, refinds, refined, refines, rehides, reinked, rescind, reshake, reshine, ricksha, sandier, sardine, scarfed, shacked, shadier, shakier, sharked, sheafed, sheared, shirked, shrined, sidecar, sincere, snacked, snakier, snarfed, snarked, sneaked, sneaker, snicked, snicker

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word handkerchiefs

HANDKERCHIEFS
(369)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(351)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(333)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(246)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(198)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(180)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(136)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(132)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(128)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(116)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(116)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(116)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(82)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(70)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(66)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(41)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(39)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(39)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(38)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(36)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(36)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(36)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(36)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(32)

The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In handkerchiefs

HANDKERCHIEFS
(369)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(351)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(333)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(246)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(198)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(180)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(136)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(132)
HACKISH
(131 = 96 + 35)
FRACKED
(131 = 96 + 35)
CHINKED
(131 = 96 + 35)
RICKSHA
(131 = 96 + 35)
SHACKED
(128 = 93 + 35)
SHACKED
(128 = 93 + 35)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(128)
HACKISH
(125 = 90 + 35)
HACKERS
(125 = 90 + 35)
CRANKED
(125 = 90 + 35)
HACKISH
(125 = 90 + 35)
SNICKED
(125 = 90 + 35)
SNACKED
(125 = 90 + 35)
FINCHED
(122 = 87 + 35)
FRISKED
(122 = 87 + 35)
FREAKED
(122 = 87 + 35)
CREAKED
(122 = 87 + 35)
SHAKIER
(122 = 87 + 35)
RESHAKE
(122 = 87 + 35)
CHAFERS
(122 = 87 + 35)
FINCHES
(119 = 84 + 35)
SNACKED
(119 = 84 + 35)
HARKENS
(119 = 84 + 35)
CHINKED
(119 = 84 + 35)
SHIRKED
(119 = 84 + 35)
HEARKEN
(119 = 84 + 35)
HACKISH
(119 = 84 + 35)
HACKERS
(119 = 84 + 35)
CHINKED
(119 = 84 + 35)
FRACKED
(119 = 84 + 35)
FRACKED
(119 = 84 + 35)
SHARKED
(119 = 84 + 35)
HACKISH
(119 = 84 + 35)
SNICKED
(119 = 84 + 35)
FRACKED
(119 = 84 + 35)
HACKERS
(119 = 84 + 35)
RICKSHA
(119 = 84 + 35)
REINKED
(116 = 81 + 35)
FINCHED
(116 = 81 + 35)
FINCHED
(116 = 81 + 35)
FINCHED
(116 = 81 + 35)
SHACKED
(116 = 81 + 35)
DARKENS
(116 = 81 + 35)
SNARKED
(116 = 81 + 35)
SNICKER
(116 = 81 + 35)
SNICKER
(116 = 81 + 35)
NICKASE
(116 = 81 + 35)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(116)
NICKASE
(116 = 81 + 35)
CANKERS
(116 = 81 + 35)
CANKERS
(116 = 81 + 35)
DECKERS
(116 = 81 + 35)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(116)
NICKASE
(116 = 81 + 35)
FANCIED
(116 = 81 + 35)
DECKERS
(116 = 81 + 35)
CANKERS
(116 = 81 + 35)
DECKERS
(116 = 81 + 35)
HANDKERCHIEFS
(116)
SNEAKED
(116 = 81 + 35)
FRACKED
(113 = 78 + 35)
DARKISH
(113 = 78 + 35)
HANKERS
(113 = 78 + 35)
FANCIES
(113 = 78 + 35)
FRACKED
(113 = 78 + 35)
FANCIER
(113 = 78 + 35)
CRANKED
(113 = 78 + 35)
DEFACES
(113 = 78 + 35)
DARKISH
(113 = 78 + 35)
REFACED
(113 = 78 + 35)
DEFACER
(113 = 78 + 35)
SCARFED
(113 = 78 + 35)
SNICKED
(113 = 78 + 35)
SNAKIER
(113 = 78 + 35)
RICKSHA
(113 = 78 + 35)
HACKISH
(113 = 78 + 35)
HACKERS
(113 = 78 + 35)
HACKERS
(113 = 78 + 35)
REASKED
(113 = 78 + 35)
RICKSHA
(113 = 78 + 35)
SNACKED
(113 = 78 + 35)
FRACKED
(113 = 78 + 35)
HANKERS
(113 = 78 + 35)
HANKIES
(113 = 78 + 35)
RICKSHA
(113 = 78 + 35)
HANKIES
(113 = 78 + 35)
FINCHES
(113 = 78 + 35)
FENCERS
(113 = 78 + 35)
CHINKED
(113 = 78 + 35)
FINCHES
(113 = 78 + 35)
HARKENS
(113 = 78 + 35)
FINCHED
(110 = 75 + 35)
DISRANK
(110 = 75 + 35)
FRISKED
(110 = 75 + 35)
SHAKIER
(110 = 75 + 35)
CANKERS
(110 = 75 + 35)
SHEAFED
(110 = 75 + 35)
FANCIED
(110 = 75 + 35)
FANCIED
(110 = 75 + 35)
FINCHED
(110 = 75 + 35)
DARKENS
(110 = 75 + 35)
CREAKED
(110 = 75 + 35)
CANKERS
(110 = 75 + 35)
NICKASE
(110 = 75 + 35)
FREAKED
(110 = 75 + 35)
FINCHED
(110 = 75 + 35)
NICKASE
(110 = 75 + 35)
KNEADER
(110 = 75 + 35)
DECKERS
(110 = 75 + 35)
SNICKER
(110 = 75 + 35)
DECKERS
(110 = 75 + 35)
CHAFERS
(110 = 75 + 35)
CHAFERS
(110 = 75 + 35)
SHACKED
(110 = 75 + 35)
SHACKED
(110 = 75 + 35)
HACKISH
(107 = 72 + 35)
CINDERS
(107 = 72 + 35)
CANDIES
(107 = 72 + 35)
HANKIES
(107 = 72 + 35)
HANKERS
(107 = 72 + 35)
SNARFED
(107 = 72 + 35)
CHINKED
(107 = 72 + 35)
SNEAKER
(107 = 72 + 35)
HARKENS
(107 = 72 + 35)
RESCIND
(107 = 72 + 35)
CHINKED
(107 = 72 + 35)
HANKIES
(107 = 72 + 35)
HACKISH
(107 = 72 + 35)
HARKENS
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CHINKED
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HACKISH
(107 = 72 + 35)
CRANKED
(107 = 72 + 35)
HANKIES
(107 = 72 + 35)
CHINKED
(107 = 72 + 35)
ECHIDNA
(107 = 72 + 35)
HANKERS
(107 = 72 + 35)
HANKERS
(107 = 72 + 35)
REFACED
(107 = 72 + 35)
CHINKED
(107 = 72 + 35)
CHERISH
(107 = 72 + 35)
SNICKED
(107 = 72 + 35)
FENDERS
(107 = 72 + 35)
FINCHES
(107 = 72 + 35)
DEFINES
(107 = 72 + 35)
HACKISH
(107 = 72 + 35)
FINCHES
(107 = 72 + 35)
FINCHES
(107 = 72 + 35)
SNACKED
(107 = 72 + 35)
FIANCES
(107 = 72 + 35)
FIANCES
(107 = 72 + 35)
FIANCEE
(107 = 72 + 35)
DEFINER
(107 = 72 + 35)
FIANCEE
(107 = 72 + 35)
DECANES
(107 = 72 + 35)
SNACKED
(107 = 72 + 35)
FENCERS
(107 = 72 + 35)
FENCERS
(107 = 72 + 35)
FANCIES
(107 = 72 + 35)
FANCIES
(107 = 72 + 35)
FANCIER
(107 = 72 + 35)
FANCIER
(107 = 72 + 35)
DEFACER
(107 = 72 + 35)
RANCHED
(107 = 72 + 35)
DEFACES
(107 = 72 + 35)
RANCHED
(107 = 72 + 35)
RANCHED
(107 = 72 + 35)
DEAFENS
(107 = 72 + 35)
FINCHES
(107 = 72 + 35)
SNICKED
(107 = 72 + 35)
DARKISH
(107 = 72 + 35)
FINDERS
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SCARFED
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SNAKIER
(107 = 72 + 35)
CHAINED
(107 = 72 + 35)
DARKISH
(107 = 72 + 35)
FADEINS
(107 = 72 + 35)
FRACKED
(107 = 72 + 35)
FRACKED
(107 = 72 + 35)
FRACKED
(107 = 72 + 35)
HACKISH
(107 = 72 + 35)
FRISKED
(104 = 69 + 35)
CANKERS
(104 = 69 + 35)
FRESHEN
(104 = 69 + 35)
FRESHEN
(104 = 69 + 35)
ARSENIC
(104 = 69 + 35)
DEFIERS
(104 = 69 + 35)
REFACES
(104 = 69 + 35)
FANCIED
(104 = 69 + 35)
REFACES
(104 = 69 + 35)
FREAKED
(104 = 69 + 35)
FANCIED
(104 = 69 + 35)
DEHISCE
(104 = 69 + 35)

Words within the letters of handkerchiefs

2 letter words in handkerchiefs (18 words)

10 letter words in handkerchiefs (6 words)

12 letter words in handkerchiefs (1 word)

13 letter words in handkerchiefs (1 word)

Words containing the sequence handkerchiefs

Words that start with handkerchiefs (1 word)

Words with handkerchiefs in them (1 word)

Words that end with handkerchiefs (1 word)

Word Growth involving handkerchiefs

Shorter words in handkerchiefs

an and hand handkerchief

ha hand handkerchief

hi chi chief kerchief handkerchief

ef chief kerchief handkerchief

hi chi chief chiefs kerchiefs

ef chief chiefs kerchiefs

ef efs chiefs kerchiefs

hi chi chief kerchief kerchiefs

ef chief kerchief kerchiefs

Longer words containing handkerchiefs

(No longer words found)