Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whistled past the graveyard

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.68 in modern English

Syllables
whis-tled -past the -grave-yard
IPA
44
Scrabble Score
24
Letters
5
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does whistled past the graveyard mean?
simple past and past participle of whistle past the graveyard

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