What it means
- (noun) The dripping of rain from the eaves of a house
- (noun) The space around a house on which such water drips
- (noun) A concealed aperture through which an occupant of a building can surreptitiously listen to people talking at an entrance to the building
- (noun) The act of intentionally hearing a conversation not intended to be heard
- (verb) To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in. “I hope nobody was eavesdropping on our conversation last night, since it got so personal.”
- (verb) To listen for another organism's calls, so as to exploit them.
Letter analysis
- Eavesdrop contains 9 letters: 4 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
- It uses 8 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 3.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 15.
Related words
Other 9-letter words
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- abducting
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Sub-words
- depraves
- pervades
- adverse
- deprave
- pervade
- reposed
- savored
- speared
- adores
- averse
- deaves
- depose
- drapes
- droves
- erased
- erodes
- evades
- operas
- padres
- parsed
- proved
- proves
- rasped
- reaped
- redoes
- repose
- seared
- serape
- served
- soaped
- soared
- spared
- spored
- spread
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- vapors
- versed
- vesper
- adore
- arose
- avers
- dares
- dears
- deeps
- deers
- doers
- dopes
- doves
- drape
- drops
- drove
- eased
- eaves
- erase
- erode
- evade
- oared
- opera
- overs
Common questions
What does Eavesdrop mean?
The dripping of rain from the eaves of a house
How many letters are in Eavesdrop?
Eavesdrop has 9 letters.
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