powers-that-be
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.69 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "On the surface, the film is a globe-trotting gross-out caper in which Nobby, who's from a hellish version of the titular Lincolnshire town ("twinned with Chernobyl"), is reunited with his long-lost brother Sebastian (Mark Strong), who has become a spy for the British secret services. That makes him a servant of the powers-that-be that have no time for Nobby and his scrounging ilk."