Biting Nails Emoji

Unicode has no emoji named nail biting, so copy the grimace, a nervous face, a typed biter or a combo.

Biting Nails Emoji

😬Grimacing faceU+1F62CReady to copy

55 items. Tap one to copy it.

Nail biting emoji: the nearest faces 9

Finger biting emoji: hands, nails and teeth 8

Nail biter emoji: close games and long waits 10

Typed nail biters 8

Lines for a nail-biter 7

Biting nails combos 13

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How it works

For a nervous biting nails emoji, start with Grimacing face, U+1F62C: clenched teeth, in Emojipedia’s description. The faces after it are the ones CLDR, Unicode’s list of search words, files under nervous, anxious and worried.

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What Unicode has for biting, and for nails

One emoji has biting in its name: Biting lip, which CLDR files under nervous and worried. Its other word, bite, it shares with Mosquito. Nail and manicure belong to one emoji, Nail polish. Nothing puts the two together.

Nail-biting, as suspense

Wiktionary gives nail-biting as causing nervous anticipation or suspense, and a nail biter as a situation that does. Hence a stopwatch, a goal net and Chequered flag, the only emoji filed under finish.

  • CLDR files six emoji under nervous. Five are faces or lips; the sixth is Growing heart, filed under excited too.
  • Butterflies is a search word of one emoji, Worried face. The combo A stomach full of butterflies adds the insect.
  • See-no-evil monkey is filed under watch, which makes it the emoji for not watching.

Questions and answers

Is there an emoji biting nails?

Not by name. Unicode’s emoji list, version 18.0, has no emoji named for it, and CLDR files none under fingernail, chew or gnaw.

Which emoji says I am biting my nails?

😬 Grimacing face alone, or with 💅 after it as the combo Biting my nails. For more worry than teeth, 😰 Anxious face with sweat is filed under nervous, eek and yikes.

How do you type a nail biting emoticon?

(>m<): two scrunched eyes with the letter m between them for fingers. (°m°;) adds a drop of sweat. They are this site’s own drawings, since nobody has standardized one.

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Nail biting emoji: the nearest faces 9

  • Anxious face with sweat U+1F630. Filed under nervous, anxious, eek and yikes. Emoji 0.6.
  • Biting lip U+1FAE6. The only emoji with biting in its name. Filed under bite, nervous and worried. Emoji 14.0.
  • Distorted face U+1FAEA. The only emoji filed under anxiety. Also filed under panic. Emoji 17.0.
  • Downcast face with sweat U+1F613. Filed under nervous, yikes and close. Emoji 0.6.
  • Fearful face U+1F628. Filed under anxious, worried and scared. Emoji 0.6.
  • Grimacing face U+1F62C. Clenched teeth, in Emojipedia’s description. Filed under grimace and awkward. Emoji 1.0.
  • Grinning face with sweat U+1F605. A grin with a drop of sweat. Filed under nervous and stress. Emoji 0.6.
  • Growing heart U+1F497. Not a face. Filed under nervous and excited. Emoji 0.6.
  • Worried face U+1F61F. The only emoji filed under butterflies and nerves. Also filed under nervous and worried. Emoji 1.0.
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Finger biting emoji: hands, nails and teeth 8

  • Face with hand over mouth U+1F92D. Filed under hand, mouth and oops. Emoji 5.0.
  • Face with open eyes and hand over mouth U+1FAE2. Eyes open, a hand at the mouth. Filed under gasp and scared. Emoji 14.0.
  • Face with peeking eye U+1FAE3. One eye still watching. Filed under peek, scared and stare. Emoji 14.0.
  • Hand with fingers splayed U+1F590 U+FE0F. Filed under fingers, splayed and hand. Emoji 0.7.
  • Nail polish U+1F485. The only emoji filed under nail and manicure. Emoji 0.6.
  • Pinched fingers U+1F90C. Filed under fingers, pinched and patience. Emoji 13.0.
  • Pinching hand U+1F90F. For what is left of a nail. Filed under fingers, little and bit. Emoji 12.0.
  • Tooth U+1F9B7. Filed under tooth, teeth and dentist. Emoji 11.0.

Nail biter emoji: close games and long waits 10

  • Chequered flag U+1F3C1. The only emoji filed under finish. Emoji 0.6.
  • Crossed fingers U+1F91E. Filed under luck and crossed. Emoji 3.0.
  • Face screaming in fear U+1F631. Filed under scared and screaming. Emoji 0.6.
  • Goal net U+1F945. Filed under goal and net. Emoji 3.0.
  • Hourglass not done U+23F3. With Alarm clock, one of two emoji filed under waiting. Emoji 0.6.
  • Popcorn U+1F37F. Filed under movie and popcorn. Emoji 1.0.
  • Sad but relieved face U+1F625. For when it ends well. Filed under close, whew and relieved. Emoji 0.6.
  • See-no-evil monkey U+1F648. Filed under watch and hide. Emoji 0.6.
  • Stopwatch U+23F1 U+FE0F. Filed under stopwatch and time. Emoji 1.0.
  • Television U+1F4FA. Filed under tv and television. Emoji 0.6.

Typed nail biters 8

  • (°~°;) Chewing: a tilde for a mouth that will not keep still
  • [|||||] [||||.] [|||..] [||...] Five nails, then four, then three, then two
  • (;-m-) Cannot watch, can still bite
  • (>m<) Eyes shut, the letter m for fingers at the mouth
  • (¬m¬;) Looking away, biting anyway
  • (°m°;) Eyes wide, one drop of sweat, still biting
  • (°m°;) (°~°;) (°_°;) Bite, chew, nothing left
  • (((°m°;))) Shaking as well

Lines for a nail-biter 7

  • biting my nails over here The plain one.
  • down to the wire For a deadline that is close: Wiktionary has it as the very end of a process.
  • I cannot watch For the last minute of anything.
  • is it over yet Sent from behind a cushion.
  • no nails left For afterwards.
  • on the edge of my seat In suspense, by Wiktionary’s definition.
  • what a nail-biter A nail biter is a situation that causes suspense, as Wiktionary has it.

Biting nails combos 13

  • A stomach full of butterflies Butterfly, then worried face.
  • Biting my nails Grimacing face, then nail polish.
  • Down to the last nail Grimacing face, then pinching hand.
  • Final seconds Stopwatch, then anxious face with sweat.
  • Job interview Briefcase, then anxious face with sweat.
  • Nails bitten, fingers crossed Grimacing face, then crossed fingers.
  • Penalty kicks Soccer ball, then goal net, then see-no-evil monkey.
  • Results day Memo, then anxious face with sweat, then crossed fingers.
  • Scary film Popcorn, then face with peeking eye.
  • Teeth, meet nails Tooth, then nail polish.
  • To be continued Television, then face screaming in fear, then hourglass not done.
  • Too close to call Chequered flag, then camera with flash, then grimacing face.
  • Waiting on the email E-mail, then hourglass not done, then grimacing face.

How this list was compiled: Built on 2026-10-09 from sources read that day. The emoji, their names, code points and Emoji version numbers are from the Unicode emoji list, version 18.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/emoji/emoji-test.txt); names are the CLDR short names printed in that file. Search words are from the CLDR English annotations (https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/main/common/annotations/en.xml and https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/main/common/annotationsDerived/en.xml). Unicode has no emoji named nail biting: every name in that list and every CLDR search word was searched for nail biting, fingernail, gnaw, chew and nibble, and none was found. One emoji has biting in its name (Biting lip) and one is filed under nail (Nail polish). The first group holds the six emoji CLDR files under nervous and the faces filed under anxious, worried and anxiety. Clenched teeth, for Grimacing face, is how Emojipedia describes the drawing (https://emojipedia.org/grimacing-face). Nail-biting as causing nervous anticipation or suspense, a nail biter as a situation that causes suspense, on the edge of one’s seat, down to the wire and cliffhanger are as Wiktionary defines them (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nail-biting, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nail_biter, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/on_the_edge_of_one%27s_seat, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/down_to_the_wire, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cliffhanger, CC BY-SA 4.0), restated. The typed faces, the row of nails, the lines, the combos and their names are this site’s own work; nobody has standardized a typed nail biter. Licence: own work: the selection, the combo names, the text drawings and the notes are this site's own. Emoji names, code points and search words are Unicode and CLDR data, used under the Unicode License v3 (https://www.unicode.org/license.txt). Facts from Wikipedia and Wiktionary are restated in this site's own words and credited in the source line.

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