Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ne'er-do-wells

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.69 in modern English

Syllables
ne'er--do-wells
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does ne'er-do-wells mean?
plural of ne'er-do-well

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