Does water make nail polish dry faster?

There are a few ways.

Some people spray hairspray on their wet nails. This speeds up drying. At beauty supply stores they sell "nail polish drying spray" which is hairspray labeled for nail polish drying.

You can get ultraviolet lamps that make your nails dry faster, but with regular nail polish, which doesn't have UV curing agents in it, the heat of the lamps is what makes your nails dry faster. (There are nail polishes like CND Shellac that cure under UV light, and if you're using them you must have a lamp at least as powerful as the polish manufacturer calls for.) I think a regular 60-watt light bulb in a table lamp you can bend down so it's about three inches from the table does as good a job.

Alternatively, put your nails in a bowl of ice cold water for about a minute and a half.