Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wells up

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.25 in modern English

Syllables
well-s up
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of well up

Questions

What does wells up mean?
third-person singular simple present indicative of well up

How to pronounce wells up

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