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crux of the matter

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.05 in modern English

Syllables
crux of the -mat-ter
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

n

the most important point

Synonyms

crux

Questions

What does crux of the matter mean?
the most important point

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