Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

after-school special

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.14 in modern English

Syllables: af-ter-school spe-cial
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A television program broadcast in the mid- to late afternoon and directed toward adolescents.

American usage

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

after-school specials (plural) after school special (alternative)

Questions

What does after-school special mean?: A television program broadcast in the mid- to late afternoon and directed toward adolescents.

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