Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lay in state

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.61 in modern English

Syllables
lay in s-tate
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does lay in state mean?
simple past of lie in state

How to pronounce lay in state

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