Definitions for Handy

Handy hand·y

Spelling: [han-dee]
IPA: /ˈhæn di/

Handy is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 51 anagrams from letters in Handy (adhny).

Definitions for Handy

noun

  1. W(illiam) C(hristopher) 1873–1958, U.S. blues composer.

adjective

  1. within easy reach; conveniently available; accessible:
  2. convenient or useful:
  3. skillful with the hands; deft; dexterous:
  4. easily maneuvered:

Origin of Handy

1275-1325; Middle English (in surnames); see hand, -y1

Examples for Handy

I can rig up a handy horse-stall with my spare spars and the grating.

I set my boots and Bud's side by side, where they'd be handy.

The last thing I did was to feel if my revolver were handy and my sword loose in the scabbard.

There was a handy distraction in the Che t-shirt the tourist was wearing while celebrating the death.

If half what they say is true, you're a handy lad with the guns.

Every day we not only have the new news but old news, with a handy, retrospective round number attached to it.

You should look at our summary of benefits,” she continued, directing me to a handy online chart of “coverage examples.

She also was handy, hammering nails into walls and using a heat gun to chisel glue off the floor.

Before Cuba was shunned and sanctioned, it was a handy place for the randy.

This was accomplished in 1845, when Mr. handy made his final settlement.

Word Value for Handy
Scrable

12

Words with friends

11

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