Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tufts

/tˈʌfts/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English

Syllables: tufts
IPA: /tˈʌfts/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of tuft

name

name

Etymology

Variant of Tuft.

Inflected Forms

Tuftses (plural)

Derived Forms

tuftsin

Questions

How do you pronounce tufts?: The recorded pronunciation is /tˈʌfts/.
What does tufts mean?: plural of tuft
Where does tufts come from?: Variant of Tuft.

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