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border state

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.67 in modern English

Syllables
bor-der s-tate
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In the American Civil War, one of the slave states that did not join the Confederacy.

Inflected Forms

border states (plural)

Questions

What does border state mean?
In the American Civil War, one of the slave states that did not join the Confederacy.

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