Definition of nails

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • nails is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 5
  • nails is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 5
  • nails is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 7

Definition of nails


  • hit hard (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. blast
    2. boom
    3. smash
  • take into custody (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. apprehend
    2. arrest
    3. collar
    4. cop
    5. nab
    6. pick up
  • complete a pass (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. complete
  • locate exactly (verb)

    Examples

    1. The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome

    Synonyms

    1. pinpoint
  • succeed at easily (verb)

    Examples

    1. She nailed her astrophysics course

    Synonyms

    1. ace
    2. breeze through
    3. pass with flying colors
    4. sail through
    5. sweep through
  • succeed in obtaining a position (verb)

    Examples

    1. He nailed down a spot at Harvard

    Synonyms

    1. nail down
    2. peg
  • a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard (noun)
  • a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener (noun)
  • attach something somewhere by means of nails (verb)

    Examples

    1. nail the board onto the wall
  • horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits (noun)

See definition of nails in Merriam Webster