Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kilroy was here

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.30 in modern English

Syllables: kil-roy was here
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

Inserted in the manner of graffiti in many remote and difficult-to-access locations to mark the presence of American workers or military personnel.

phrase

Graffiti scrawled by random anglophones in random locations, with no associations or connotations

Questions

What does kilroy was here mean?: Inserted in the manner of graffiti in many remote and difficult-to-access locations to mark the presence of American workers or military personnel.

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