Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

played by the rules

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.83 in modern English

Syllables
played by the rules
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
1
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does played by the rules mean?
simple past and past participle of play by the rules

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