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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
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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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