Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scratches a living

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.44 in modern English

Syllables
scratch-es a liv-ing
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does scratches a living mean?
third-person singular simple present indicative of scratch a living

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