Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

on-guard

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.73 in modern English

Syllables
on--guard
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

Inflected Forms

more on-guard (comparative) most on-guard (superlative)

Questions

What does on-guard mean?
Alternative form of on guard.

How to pronounce on-guard

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