Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tortoise-shells

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.18 in modern English

Syllables
tor-toise-shells
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does tortoise-shells mean?
plural of tortoise-shell

How to pronounce tortoise-shells

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