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chicken-and-egg situation

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.18 in modern English

Syllables
chick-en-and-eg-g si-t-u-a-tion
IPA
36
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
9
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

chicken-or-egg question

Inflected Forms

chicken-and-egg situations (plural)

Rhymes With

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Questions

What does chicken-and-egg situation mean?
chicken-or-egg question

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