newsflash
/ˈnuzˌflæʃ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.59 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Television programmes were interrupted by a newsflash announcing that the Prime Minister had resigned."
- "In the 1980s we thought that fat was the root of all evil, but now people are saying that insulin is what is making us fat or that we should eat paleo, like our prehistoric friends (um, newsflash: most people in the Paleolithic era died from starvation)."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈnuzˌflæʃ/