Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scorched

/skˈɔɹtʃt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.07 in modern English

Syllables: scorched
IPA: /skˈɔɹtʃt/

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Dried, damaged or burnt by exposure to sunlight or heat.

verb

simple past and past participle of scorch

Inflected Forms

more scorched (comparative) most scorched (superlative)

Phrases

scorched carpet scorched earth scorched-earth policy scorched rice scorched wing

Synonyms

adust baked parched sunbaked

Rhymes With

torched porched

Questions

How do you pronounce scorched?: The recorded pronunciation is /skˈɔɹtʃt/.
What does scorched mean?: Dried, damaged or burnt by exposure to sunlight or heat.

How to pronounce scorched

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