HESITANCY

9 letters, 17 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What HESITANCY Means

noun: a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something
noun: a certain degree of unwillingness“a reluctance to commit himself”

Similar words

HESITANCE RELUCTANCE HESITATION

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

HESITANCY is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 17 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as H4 E1 S1 I1 T1 A1 N1 C3 Y4.

Words Made From The Letters In HESITANCY

605 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

8 letter words (7)

ASTHENIC CHANTEYS CHANTIES CYANITES HYACINES SYNECHIA YACHTIES

7 letter words (28)

ACETINS ACHIEST AITCHES ASTHENY CANIEST CHAINES CHANTEY CHANTIE CHASTEN CINEAST CYANISE CYANITE CYSTEIN CYSTINE ETHNICS HAYIEST HYACINE HYAENIC INCHASE NATCHES SHANTEY SHEITAN SNATCHY SNITCHY STENCHY STHENIA STHENIC YACHTIE

6 letter words (83)

5 letter words (148)

4 letter words (194)

3 letter words (115)

ACE ACH ACT AHI AHS AIN AIS AIT ANE ANI ANS ANT ANY ASH ATE ATS AYE AYS CAN CAT CAY CHA CHE CHI CIS CIT EAN EAS EAT ECH EHS ENS EST ETA ETH HAE HAN HAS HAT HAY HEN HES HET HEY HIC HIE HIN HIS HIT HYE ICE ICH ICY INS ISH ITA ITS NAE NAH NAS NAT NAY NET NIE NIS NIT NTH NYE NYS SAC SAE SAI SAN SAT SAY SEA SEC SEI SEN SET SEY SHA SHE SHY SIC SIN SIT SNY STY SYE SYN TAE TAI TAN TAS TAY TEA TEC TEN TES THE THY TIC TIE TIN TIS TYE YAE YAH YEA YEH YEN YES YET YIN

2 letter words (30)

AE AH AI AN AS AT AY CH EA EH EN ES ET HA HE HI IN IS IT NA NE NY SH SI ST TA TE TI YA YE

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