Hookups

Meaning

1. (noun) (sometimes attributive) A connection. “I need to buy some hookup wire.”
2. (noun) A brief sexual relationship or encounter. “He met his two most recent partners at bars, and expressed strong ambivalence and dislike of meeting partners online, but reported half a dozen additional hookups with partners met online.”
3. (noun) A sexual partner. “The predominant way of finding a hookup or sexual partner would be going online.”

Letter breakdown

• Hookups contains 7 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 4 consonant(s).
• It uses 6 unique letters.
• Estimated syllable count: 2.
• Scrabble-style letter score: 16.

Words from these letters

• hookup
• hooks
• hoops
• poohs
• shook
• spook
• hook
• hoop
• hops
• husk
• oops
• opus
• pooh
• posh
• push
• shoo
• shop
• soup
• hop
• hos
• oho
• ohs
• ops
• pus
• sop
• sup
• ups

Connected words

Other 7-letter words

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

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Words starting with HOO

• hooch
• hood
• hooded
• hoodie
• hoodies
• hooding
• hoodlum
• hoodlums
• hoodoo
• hoodooed
• hoodooing
• hoodoos
• hoods
• hoodwink
• hoodwinked
• hoodwinking
• hoodwinks
• hooey

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Words ending with UPS

• backups
• blowups
• breakups
• buildups
• buttercups
• cantaloups
• checkups
• chirrups
• cleanups
• coups
• crackups
• cups
• cutups
• followups
• groups
• grownups
• hiccups
• holdups

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