What it means
- (verb) To correct minutiae or find fault in unimportant details. “Someone will invariably nitpick about any spelling error posted to the forums.”
- (verb) To pick nits (lice eggs) from someone’s hair. “Watch the mother gorilla nitpick the baby’s fur clean.”
Letter analysis
- Nitpicked contains 9 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 6 consonant(s).
- It uses 8 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 3.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 18.
Sub-words
- incited
- kinetic
- nitpick
- depict
- dickie
- incite
- indict
- nicked
- pectin
- picked
- picket
- pinked
- pinkie
- pitied
- ticked
- cited
- edict
- inced
- inept
- inked
- kited
- piked
- pined
- tepid
- cent
- cite
- deck
- dent
- dept
- dice
- dick
- diet
- dike
- dine
- dink
- dint
- edit
- epic
- iced
- kept
- kind
- kite
- knit
- neck
- nice
- nick
- nite
- peck
- pend
- pent
- pick
- pied
- pike
- pine
- pink
- pint
- tend
- tick
- tide
Related 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 NIT
- nit
- nite
- niter
- nites
- nitpick
- nitpicker
- nitpickers
- nitpicking
- nitpicks
- nitrate
- nitrated
- nitrates
- nitrating
- nitrogen
- nitrogenous
- nitroglycerin
- nitroglycerine
- nits
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Words ending with KED
Common questions
What does Nitpicked mean?
To correct minutiae or find fault in unimportant details.
How many letters are in Nitpicked?
Nitpicked has 9 letters.
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