Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

muddies the waters

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.84 in modern English

Syllables
mud-dies the wa-ters
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

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What does muddies the waters mean?
third-person singular simple present indicative of muddy the waters

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