Henpeck

What it means

1. (noun) A man who is meekly subservient to his wife.
2. (verb) (chiefly by a wife) To nag persistently.

Letter analysis

• Henpeck contains 7 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
• It uses 6 unique letters.
• Estimated syllable count: 2.
• Scrabble-style letter score: 18.

Sub-words

• cheek
• cheep
• hence
• pence
• heck
• keen
• keep
• knee
• neck
• peck
• peek
• eke
• hen
• hep
• ken
• pee
• pen

Related words

Other 7-letter words

• abalone
• abandon
• abashed
• abashes
• abasing
• abating
• abbrevs
• abdomen
• abducts
• abetted
• abetter
• abettor
• abiding
• ability
• abjured
• abjures
• abolish
• aborted

See all 7-letter words →

Words starting with HEN

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

See all words starting with HEN →

Words ending with ECK

• beck
• bedeck
• bottleneck
• breakneck
• check
• copeck
• crosscheck
• deck
• fleck
• flyspeck
• heck
• kopeck
• leatherneck
• neck
• paycheck
• peck
• quarterdeck
• recheck

See all words ending with ECK →

Common questions