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worts

/wɝts/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.58 in modern English

Syllables
worts
IPA
/wɝts/
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A soup or stew made with worts (“vegetables”) and other ingredients such as meat.

Obsolete

noun

plural of wort

Etymology

From wort + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum and regular plural forms of nouns).

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /wɝts/
  • British English: /wɜːts/

Usage

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce worts?
The recorded pronunciation is /wɝts/.
What does worts mean?
A soup or stew made with worts (“vegetables”) and other ingredients such as meat.
Where does worts come from?
From wort + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum and regular plural forms of nouns).

How to pronounce worts

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