Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

exclamation point

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.09 in modern English

Syllables: ex-cla-ma-tion -point
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The symbol !; an exclamation mark.

American usage

noun

An elongated shape like an exclamation point.

Example Sentences

"I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields[…]. And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair,[…]. My client welcomed the judge […] and they disappeared together into the Ethiopian card-room, which was filled with the assegais and exclamation-point shields Mr. Cooke had had made at the Sawmill at Beaverton."

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

exclamation points (plural)

Phrases

inverted exclamation point curly brackets square bracket exclamation mark fraction slash parentheses (US full stop question mark

Frequently Paired Words

¡ ‼ ‽ ⁈ ⁉ ﹗ ❢ ❣

Synonyms

exclamation mark

Questions

What does exclamation point mean?: The symbol !; an exclamation mark.

How to pronounce exclamation point

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