Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sillies

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English

Syllables: sil-lies
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of silly

noun

A period of foolish behaviour.

Informal

Example Sentences

"[…] a number of commentators have noted how, during meetings and in committees, for example, organisation members often experience an attack of the sillies by playing the fool and horsing around."

Usage

Informal

Questions

What does sillies mean?: plural of silly

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