ou
/ˈəʊ.uː/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.77 in modern English
2
Scrabble Score
2
Letters
1
Syllables
2
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A probably extinct species of Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea.
name
name
Initialism of Ohio University.
name
Initialism of University of Oklahoma.
Example Sentences
- "Ag pleez Deddy won't you take us to the wrestling We wanna see an ou called Sky High Lee"
- "I couldn't care that the ous call me rooinek and sometimes whiterat because of my hair and face. At least I am not a hairyback I tell them."
- "“They're the same good and solid ous they'd been before. Because they managed not to think.”"
Etymology
From Hawaiian ʻōʻū.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /oʊ/
- British English: /ˈəʊ.uː/