Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

haywards heath

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.00 in modern English

Syllables
hay-ward-s heath
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

Recorded as Heyworth in 1261, from Old English hege + worð (“enclosure with a hedge”), and as Haywards Hoth in 1544.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: hege + worð

Questions

What does haywards heath mean?
A town and civil parish with a town council in Mid Sussex district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ3323).
Where does haywards heath come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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