fandangle

Noun

A piece of nonsense or foolishness.
A trinket or ornament.

Origin / Etymology

Perhaps an alteration of fandango, equivalent to fandango + -le (diminutive suffix); or influenced by dangle.
Alternatively, Geoffrey Dearson, in The Devonshire Dialect Dictionary (2022), suggests a blend of fandango + bangle.

Synonyms

also: Thesaurus:trinket

Scrabble Score: 14

fandangle: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
fandangle: not valid in Scrabble (MW) Merriam-Webster Dictionary
fandangle: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 18

fandangle: valid Words With Friends Word