Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tensies

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ten-sies
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A call in any children's game, such as jacks, where ten actions must be performed.

Example Sentences

"He saw Lindy playing jacks on the sidewalk in Front of the store, snatching up ninesies and tensies in a heedless, all-out swoop that kept the backs of her fingers perpetually scraped raw."

Etymology

From ten + -sies.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ten

Questions

What does tensies mean?: A call in any children's game, such as jacks, where ten actions must be performed.
Where does tensies come from?: From ten + -sies.

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