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up a creek without a paddle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.43 in modern English

Syllables
up- a creek with-out a -pad-dle
IPA
40
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
5
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Alternative form of up the creek.

Questions

What does up a creek without a paddle mean?
Alternative form of up the creek.

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