oscar the grouch
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.30 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A cranky, antisocial puppet character who lives in a garbage can, from the children's television show Sesame Street.
Example Sentences
- "If I'd had a trash can I'd have looked a lot like Oscar the Grouch."
- "The room was equipped with a drum and drumsticks, two large balls, three large building blocks, a stuffed cloth horse, a train large enough to sit on, and a pop-up “Oscar the Grouch” toy. The procedure lasted ten minutes."
- "Meanwhile Brooke was sitting on Mother’s lap sucking on her pacifier while Terri build a low enclosed building with two sheep inside and Oscar-the-Grouch coming outside."
- "“You got a bank at home?” “Yes, my piggy bank.” “Ah. What kinda bank is it?” “Oscar the Grouch. Uncle D gave it to me for my birthday, remember?”"
- "You thought something was funny when Dad donned his Oscar the Grouch suit and hopped in the trash can after the evening news, rope in hand."
- "Nicholas was hopeful that the pop culture displays would give them something to talk about. It didn't. Fran and Ron gave a cursory acknowledgement to Howdy Doody, Oscar the Grouch, and only a brief glace at Dorothy’s ruby-red slippers."