Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

playing by the rules

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.88 in modern English

Syllables
play-ing by the rules
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
2
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of play by the rules

Questions

What does playing by the rules mean?
present participle and gerund of play by the rules

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