Definition of featherbedding

"featherbedding" in the noun sense

1. featherbedding

the practice (usually by a labor union) of requiring an employer to hire more workers than are required

"featherbedding" in the verb sense

1. pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge

treat with excessive indulgence

"grandparents often pamper the children"

"Let's not mollycoddle our students!"

2. featherbed

hire more workers than are necessary

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featherbedding in Scrabble®

The word featherbedding is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 25

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters featherbedding:

FEATHERBEDDING
(252)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (158 words)

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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word featherbedding

FEATHERBEDDING
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FEATHERBEDDING
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In featherbedding

FEATHERBEDDING
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FEATHERBEDDING
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FEATHERBEDDING
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FEATHERBEDDING
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FEATHERBEDDING
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FEATHERBEDDING
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FEATHERBEDDING
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FEATHERBEDDING
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FEATHERBEDDING
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HANDFED
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FEATHERBEDDING
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HANDFED
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AFRIGHT
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BIGHEAD
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FEEDBAG
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HEFTIER
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FEATHERBEDDING
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DEFINED
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DIHEDRA
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FREIGHT
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BEDIGHT
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HEFTING
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BEDIGHT
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BEDIGHT
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featherbedding in Words With Friends™

The word featherbedding is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 27

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters featherbedding:

FEATHERBEDDING
(333)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (158 words)

abidden, abridge, adhered, afright, angered, arenite, barfing, bartend, bathing, beadier, beading, bearded, bearing, beating, bedared, bedding, bedhead, bedight, beefier, beefing, beignet, bendier, beneath, benefit, benight, berated, berthed, betided, bighead, birthed, braided, brained, branded, breaded, breadth, breathe, bridged, briefed, brigade, dandier, darting, deaired, debated, debater, debited, debride, debrief, deeding, defiant, defined, definer, degrade, deraign, derange, deterge, detrain, detrend, diehard, diether, dihedra, dingbat, drafted, draftee, dragnet, drained, drifted, earthed, earthen, eighter, engraft, enraged, entered, fainted, fainter, fatberg, fearing, feather, feedbag, feedbin, feeding, feigned, feigner, fibered, fibrate, fighter, fireant, firebed, freebie, freeing, freight, frigate, fringed, grafted, grained, granite, granted, grantee, greaten, greened, greeted, grenade, grinded, hagride, hairnet, handfed, handier, headier, heading, hearing, hearted, hearten, heating, heeding, heftier, hefting, herbage, herding, inbreed, indraft, ingraft, ingrate, integer, needier, negated, neighed, neither, rafting, readied, reading, reagent, rebadge, rebated, rebathe, rebegan, rebegin, rebited, redated, redhead, reedbed, reefing, refined, rehinge, reigned, reneged, righted, tangier, tearing, teenage, teenier, therein, tradein, trading, trained, trainee, treaded, treeing, trended, triaene

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word featherbedding

FEATHERBEDDING
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FEATHERBEDDING
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FEATHERBEDDING
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FEATHERBEDDING
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FEATHERBEDDING
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In featherbedding

FEATHERBEDDING
(333)
FEATHERBEDDING
(279)
FEATHERBEDDING
(198)
FEATHERBEDDING
(186)
FEATHERBEDDING
(140)
FEATHERBEDDING
(132)
FIBERED
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FEEDBAG
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BIGHEAD
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HEFTING
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FIBRATE
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FEATHERBEDDING
(120)
BEEFING
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BARFING
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HERBAGE
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FIGHTER
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HANDFED
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BEDIGHT
(116 = 81 + 35)
BEDDING
(116 = 81 + 35)
FEEDBIN
(116 = 81 + 35)
FEATHERBEDDING
(116)
BENIGHT
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HEFTIER
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BRIEFED
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FEEDBAG
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FIREBED
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BARFING
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DEBRIEF
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BEEFING
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ABIDDEN
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FATBERG
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FATBERG
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BATHING
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REEFING
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BATHING
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HANDFED
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BENEATH
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FEEDBIN
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FEATHERBEDDING
(108)
FEATHERBEDDING
(108)
BEADING
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DEFINER
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AFRIGHT
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FIREBED
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BENEFIT
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FATBERG
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BEEFING
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BARFING
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FEEDBAG
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BARFING
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BARFING
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Words within the letters of featherbedding

2 letter words in featherbedding (22 words)

11 letter words in featherbedding (1 word)

14 letter words in featherbedding (1 word)

Words containing the sequence featherbedding

Words that start with featherbedding (1 word)

Words with featherbedding in them (1 word)

Words that end with featherbedding (1 word)

Word Growth involving featherbedding

Shorter words in featherbedding

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at eat feat feather featherbed

he her feather featherbed

he the feather featherbed

be bed herbed featherbed

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Longer words containing featherbedding

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