Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

devil's corkscrew

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.66 in modern English

Syllables: dev-il's -corkscrew
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A meters-deep, corkscrew-shaped formation of compact earth found in the American Midwest that is the infilled burrow of an ancient beaver genus †Palaeocastor

Inflected Forms

devil's corkscrews (plural)

Questions

What does devil's corkscrew mean?: A meters-deep, corkscrew-shaped formation of compact earth found in the American Midwest that is the infilled burrow of an ancient beaver genus †Palaeocastor

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