fangle

Verb

To fashion, manufacture, invent, or create.
To trim showily; entangle; hang about.
To waste time; trifle.

Noun

A prop; a taking up; a new thing.
Something newly fashioned; a novelty, a new fancy.
A foolish innovation; a gewgaw; a trifling ornament.
A conceit; whim.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English fangelen (verb), from fangel (“inclined to take”, adjective), from Old English *fangol, *fangel (“inclined to take”), from fōn (“to take, seize”). Compare Old English andfangol (“undertaker, contractor”), Old English underfangelnes (“undertaking, hospitality”), Middle English fangen (“to take, seize, catch”), German fangen (“to catch”). More at fang.

Scrabble Score: 10

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

Words With Friends Score: 0

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