Henpecked

Meaning

1. (adjective) (particularly of husbands or boyfriends) Intimidated or overwhelmed by a nagging or overbearing wife or girlfriend.

Letter breakdown

• Henpecked contains 9 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 6 consonant(s).
• It uses 7 unique letters.
• Estimated syllable count: 3.
• Scrabble-style letter score: 21.

Words from these letters

• cheeked
• cheeped
• henpeck
• deepen
• keened
• necked
• pecked
• peeked
• cheek
• cheep
• hence
• kneed
• pence
• cede
• deck
• deep
• eked
• heck
• heed
• keen
• keep
• knee
• neck
• need
• peck
• peed
• peek
• pend
• den
• eke
• end
• hen
• hep
• ken
• pee
• pen

Connected words

Other 9-letter words

• aardvarks
• abandoned
• abasement
• abatement
• abattoirs
• abdicated
• abdicates
• abdominal
• abductees
• abducting
• abduction
• abductors
• abhorrent
• abhorring
• abilities
• ablatives
• ablutions
• abnegated

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Words starting with HEN

• hen
• hence
• henceforth
• henceforward
• henchman
• henchmen
• henna
• hennaed
• hennaing
• hennas
• henpeck
• henpecking
• henpecks
• hens

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Words ending with KED

• anticked
• arcked
• asked
• asterisked
• attacked
• awaked
• backed
• backpacked
• backstroked
• backtracked
• baked
• balked
• banked
• barked
• basked
• beaked
• bedecked
• biked

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