Ingrown

7 lettersadjectivemoderate

Updated June 2026

Definition

Describing a nail or hair that has grown abnormally inward into the surrounding flesh.

“She had to visit the chiropodist to have her painful ingrown toenail treated.”

Pronunciation

Syllables

in·grown

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Synonyms

ingrowing

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Wordle

Contains GROWN clearly. Ends in OWN, which is common. The IN prefix is the distinguishing element.

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Scrabble

GROW and GROWN are strong sub-plays. Moderate overall Scrabble value with good letter distribution.

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Words you can make from Ingrown

Shorter words formed from the letters in “ingrown”.

owning rowing woning giron groin grown inorg owing ronin ronni wring wrong ginn girn giro gnow gown grin grow inro iron norn ring wing

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