Hyphenation of scrutiny

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word scrutiny? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

scruti-ny

Definitions of scrutiny:

1.	The act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
2.	A prolonged intense look

Synonyms of scrutiny:

noun	examination, investigation, investigating
noun	look, looking, looking at

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.