Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

one-ahead

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.00 in modern English

Syllables: one-a-head
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

A form of billet reading in which the supposedly clairvoyant performer is covertly given information about one of the concealed messages beforehand, and then remains one step ahead while "predicting" the rest of the messages.

Questions

What does one-ahead mean?: A form of billet reading in which the supposedly clairvoyant performer is covertly given information about one of the concealed messages beforehand, and then remains one step ahead while "predicting" the rest of the messages.

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