Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tips the scale

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.39 in modern English

Syllables
tip-s the s-cale
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does tips the scale mean?
third-person singular simple present indicative of tip the scale

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