agnail
Plural: agnails
Noun
- a loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail; tearing it produces a painful sore that is easily infected
- A corn or sore on the toe or finger.
- Torn skin near a toenail or fingernail.
- pl. -S a piece of loose skin at the base of a fingernail
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English agnail, from Old English angnægl, from ang- + nægl, from Proto-Germanic *naglaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nogʰ-.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 7
agnail: valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordagnail: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
agnail: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 10
agnail is a valid Words With Friends word