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Word entry · 6 letters

finger

Best crossword clue

"Digit on a hand"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈfɪŋɡəː/Part of speech verb, nounSorted efginrStarts with FEnds with R4 cluesVery common crossword word
1F2I3N4G5E6R

Definitions

  1. indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instruments

Word origin

From Middle English fynger, finger, from Old English finger (“finger”), from Proto-West Germanic *fingr, from Proto-Germanic *fingraz (“finger”), from Proto-Indo-European *penkʷrós, from *pénkʷe (“five”).

Used in a sentence

  • Humans have two hands and ten fingers. Each hand has one thumb and four fingers.
  • [M]aking a Cut here big enough to put her Finger in, which ſhe thruſts under the Guts, and with it rakes or tears out the Stone that lies neareſt to it.
  • Each finger extended represents one-eighth of a cent. Thus when all four fingers and the thumb are extended, all being spread out from one another, it means five-eighths.

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Used as a crossword answer4 curated clues

01Digit on a hand6 letters
02Part with a nail6 letters
03Ring bearer, perhaps6 letters
04Part of the hand6 letters

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