Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

had the blues

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.33 in modern English

Syllables
had the blues
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does had the blues mean?
simple past and past participle of have the blues

How to pronounce had the blues

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