Meaning
- (noun) A pausing or halting before beginning a task, often as a result of some fear or uncertainty about the outcome. “vaccine hesitancy.”
Letter breakdown
- Hesitancy contains 9 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 6 consonant(s).
- It uses 9 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 4.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 17.
Words from these letters
- chanteys
- chanties
- achiest
- chantey
- chasten
- ethnics
- antics
- ascent
- casein
- chains
- chaise
- chants
- chanty
- chaste
- cheats
- enacts
- ethics
- ethnic
- hasten
- hyenas
- incest
- inches
- insect
- itches
- nicest
- nicety
- niches
- sachet
- sanity
- satiny
- scanty
- scythe
- shanty
- snatch
- snitch
- stance
- stanch
- stench
- yachts
- aches
- anise
- antes
- antic
- antis
- ashen
- canes
- cants
- caste
- cents
- chain
- chant
- chase
- chats
- cheat
- chest
- china
- chins
- chits
- cites
Connected words
Other 9-letter words
- aardvarks
- abandoned
- abasement
- abatement
- abattoirs
- abdicated
- abdicates
- abdominal
- abductees
- abducting
- abduction
- abductors
- abhorrent
- abhorring
- abilities
- ablatives
- ablutions
- abnegated
Words starting with HES
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Reader questions
What does Hesitancy mean?
A pausing or halting before beginning a task, often as a result of some fear or uncertainty about the outcome.
How many letters are in Hesitancy?
Hesitancy has 9 letters.
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