Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

playing possum

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.94 in modern English

Syllables
play-ing -pos-sum
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of play possum

Questions

What does playing possum mean?
present participle and gerund of play possum

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