coddle

Plural: coddles

Verb

Verb Forms: coddled, coddling, coddles

To treat with excessive care and tenderness; to pamper.
treat with excessive indulgence
- "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"
cook in nearly boiling water
- "coddle eggs"
To treat gently or with great care.
To cook slowly in hot water that is below the boiling point.
To exercise excessive or damaging authority in an attempt to protect. To overprotect.

Noun

An Irish dish comprising layers of roughly sliced pork sausages and bacon rashers with sliced potatoes and onions.
An effeminate person.

Examples

a coddled egg
Some players coddle their high-point letters, waiting too long for the perfect spot.

Origin / Etymology

Probably from caudle. Compare British dialect caddle (“to coax, spoil, fondle”) and cade.

Synonyms

baby, cocker, cosset, featherbed, indulge, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil, posset, simmer

Scrabble Score: 10

coddle: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
coddle: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
coddle: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

coddle: valid Words With Friends Word