Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

here's the thing

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.85 in modern English

Syllables
here's the thing
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

Precedes the key point of an explanation.

Colloquial; Informal

Usage

Questions

What does here's the thing mean?
Precedes the key point of an explanation.

How to pronounce here's the thing

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