Hyphenate

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:20 ptsWWF:19 pts9 letters

Definition of Hyphenate

Verb

to break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules by adding a hyphen on the end of the line.
to join words or syllables with a hyphen.
"you have to hyphenate his surname as it's double-barrelled"

Noun

A person or object with multiple duties, abilities or characteristics, such as "writer-director", "actor-model", or "singer-songwriter".
A person whose ethnicity is a multi-word hyphenated term, such as "African-American".

Anagrams of Hyphenate

Words You Can Make

50 words can be made from the letters in "hyphenate":

7-LETTER WORDS

haptene heathen heptane phenate phytane

6-LETTER WORDS

ethane ethyne hapten heathy hyphae hyphen nepeta peahen

5-LETTER WORDS

eaten enate ephah etape heapy heath hyena hypha neath panty paten payee peaty teeny thane+2 more

4-LETTER WORDS

ante eath epha etna eyen eyne haen haet hant hate hath heap heat hent heth+5 more

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "hyphenate" and rearranging:

Related Word Patterns

HY...Words starting with "hy"...TEWords ending with "te"All 9-letter words Unscramble "hyphenate"

Rhyming Words

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