four score
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.75 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
num
Alternative form of fourscore.
Example Sentences
- "Blanch. How old art thou now, Adam? / Wint[erton]. Four ſcore, come Martlemas: and, by our Lady, I can run with a lapwing."
- "His eldest son is at this present four score years of age, and his second son may now reckon three score; at our lady-day last he made up the years of his life just 102."
- "Although this patent is taken for a very important article, the door lock, the specification of the invention does not contain more than four score words."