Doormat
7 lettersnouncommonUpdated June 2026
Definition
A person who is weak-willed and allows others to treat them poorly or take advantage of them without protest.
“He resolved to stop being a doormat and began standing up for himself at work.”
Pronunciation
IPA
/ˈdɔːˌmæt/
Syllables
door·mat
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Wordle
DOOR plus MAT makes this compound easy to reconstruct once DOOR is confirmed, focus on the MAT ending
Scrabble
Worth 9 points, the MAT ending can hook an S or other letters and the compound structure is straightforward to build
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