manacle

manacle is a 7-letter English word with 4 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A handcuff; a shackle for the hand or wrist; -- usually in the plural. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 15 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A handcuff; a shackle for the hand or wrist; -- usually in the plural.
2. transitive verb. To put handcuffs or other fastening upon, for confining the hands; to shackle; to confine; to restrain from the use of the limbs or natural powers.
3. noun. shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs

   Synonyms: cuff, handcuff, handlock

4. verb. confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs

   "The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene of the crime"

   Synonyms: cuff, handcuff

Synonyms

cuff, handcuff, handlock

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in manacle:

almacen, laceman

Common word forms

manacled, manacles, manacling

Words from these letters

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