Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scopes trial

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.88 in modern English

Syllables: scopes -tri-al
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

a highly publicized trial in 1925 when John Thomas Scopes violated a Tennessee state law by teaching evolution in high school; Scopes was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow; Scopes was convicted but the verdict was later reversed

Questions

What does scopes trial mean?: a highly publicized trial in 1925 when John Thomas Scopes violated a Tennessee state law by teaching evolution in high school; Scopes was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow; Scopes was convicted but the verdict was later reversed

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