longhand
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 16
- Letters
- 8
/ˈlɒŋˌhænd/
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/ˈlɒŋˌhænd/ · /lɔŋˌhænd/ · /lɑŋˌhænd/
Definition of longhand
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)The written characters used in the common method of writing; opposed to shorthand, or typing or printing; handwriting.
“When, however, in any particular case, he has no assured means of determining the true spelling of the name, he should always quietly interrupt the dictater with the request, " Spell it , please," and then write the name in longhand from the dictater's spelling.”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)The written characters used in the common method of writing; opposed to shorthand, or typing or printing; handwriting.
“When, however, in any particular case, he has no assured means of determining the true spelling of the name, he should always quietly interrupt the dictater with the request, " Spell it , please," and then write the name in longhand from the dictater's spelling.”
adv
- (not-comparable)Written by hand in normal characters, as opposed to shorthand.
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(not-comparable)Written by hand (with pen or pencil), rather than printed out; handwritten.
“I had to write the essay out twice longhand – they wouldn’t let me print it out. It took forever!”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From long + hand, by analogy with shorthand.
Words you can make from longhand
92 playable · top: HAGDON (11 pts)
Best play hagdon 11 points6-letter words
1 word5-letter words
14 words4-letter words
25 words3-letter words
34 words- DAH 7 pts
- DOH 7 pts
- HAD 7 pts
- HAG 7 pts
- HOD 7 pts
- HOG 7 pts
- HAO 6 pts
- HON 6 pts
- LAH 6 pts
- NAH 6 pts
- NOH 6 pts
- DAG 5 pts
- DOG 5 pts
- GAD 5 pts
- GOD 5 pts
- ADO 4 pts
- AGO 4 pts
- AND 4 pts
- DAL 4 pts
- DAN 4 pts
- DOL 4 pts
- DON 4 pts
- GAL 4 pts
- GAN 4 pts
- GOA 4 pts
- LAD 4 pts
- LAG 4 pts
- LOG 4 pts
- NAG 4 pts
- NOD 4 pts
- NOG 4 pts
- ODA 4 pts
- OLD 4 pts
- NAN 3 pts
2-letter words
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