Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

extra credit

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.69 in modern English

Syllables: ex-tra -cred-it
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An additional, optional academic opportunity that allows a student to earn points toward a course grade beyond the points available from a required assessment.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

extra credits (plural)

Questions

What does extra credit mean?: An additional, optional academic opportunity that allows a student to earn points toward a course grade beyond the points available from a required assessment.

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