Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tells a story

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.69 in modern English

Syllables
tell-s a s-to-ry
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does tells a story mean?
third-person singular simple present indicative of tell a story

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