Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

otterless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ot-ter-less
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without otters.

Example Sentences

"In the upper canyon wildlife biologists lean over a holding crate, open the latches, and release ten sleek river otters that, they hope, will reclaim Desolation — nearly otterless during the past century..."

Etymology

From otter + -less.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: otter

Questions

What does otterless mean?: Without otters.
Where does otterless come from?: From otter + -less.

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