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Term: hands

All the wordplay possibilities with the word "hands": spelling, phonetic, and semantic.

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hands

Definitions

Noun

  1. (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
  2. The force of workers available
  3. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
  4. A hired laborer on a farm or ranch
  5. Something written by hand
  6. Ability
  7. A position given by its location to the side of an object
  8. The cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time
  9. One of two sides of an issue
  10. A rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece
  11. A unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses
  12. A member of the crew of a ship
  13. A card player in a game of bridge
  14. A round of applause to signify approval
  15. Terminal part of the forelimb in certain vertebrates (e.g. apes or kangaroos); - springfield (mass.) union
  16. Physical assistance

Verb

  1. Place into the hands or custody of
  2. Guide or conduct or usher somewhere
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "hands".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 hands 1 289
2 handsome 2 40
3 handstands 2 3
4 handshake 2 1
5 handsomely 3 1
6 handstand 2 1
7 farmhands 2 0
8 forehands 2 0
9 hands-on 2 0
10 handsaw 2 0
11 handsaws 2 0
12 handset 2 0
13 handsets 2 0
14 handshakes 2 0
15 handshaking 3 0
16 shands 1 0
17 stagehands 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "hands".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 holds 1 42
2 hounds 1 3
3 hordes 1 2
4 howard's 2 1
5 ahold's 2 0
6 aholds 2 0
7 hand's 1 0
8 hards 1 0
9 helds 1 0
10 hindes 1 0
11 hinds 1 0
12 hoards 1 0
13 hynds 1 0

Spelled Like

Words that are spelled similarly to the term "hands".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 hand 1 431
2 hans 1 44
3 heads 1 43
4 lands 1 25
5 sands 1 10
6 handles 2 9
7 shands 1 0
8 hand's 1 0
9 ands 1 0
10 handset 2 0
11 handsaw 2 0
12 handros 2 0
13 handers 2 0
14 handels 2 0
15 wands 1 0
16 shand 1 0
17 rands 1 0
18 hynds 1 0
19 hinds 1 0
20 hards 1 0

Words That Follow

Words that often follow the term "hands" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 hands of 1 6
2 hands or 1 5
3 hands containing 3 3
4 hands would 1 2

Words That Precede

Words that often precede the term "hands" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 the hands 1 10
2 their hands 1 8
3 starting hands 2 6
4 possible hands 3 4
5 individual hands 5 3
6 few hands 1 2
7 of hands 1 2
8 changed hands 1 2

Statistically Associated

Words that are statistically associated with "hands" in the same piece of text.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 possible 3 6
2 weakness 2 2
3 fell 1 2
4 like 1 2
5 inflexible 4 2
6 animal's 3 2
7 crown 1 2
8 movements 2 2
9 relatively 4 2
10 often 2 2
11 series 2 2
12 individual 5 2
13 players 2 2
14 two 1 2
15 making 2 2
16 fewer 2 2
17 starting 2 2
18 thirteen 2 2
19 group 1 2
20 play 1 2
21 city 2 2

Consonant Match

Words that contain the same consonants as the term "hands".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 hands-on 2 0
2 hinds 1 0
3 hynds 1 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 18

Fragments: 17

Sound Alikes: 13

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 4

Words that Precede: 8

Statistically Associated: 21

Consonant Matches: 3

Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.

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