Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sixty-four dollar question

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.82 in modern English

Syllables
six-ty--four -dol-lar ques-tion
IPA
46
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
7
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of million-dollar question.

American usage; Dated

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What does sixty-four dollar question mean?
Synonym of million-dollar question.
Where does sixty-four dollar question come from?
From the American radio quiz show The $64 Question (1950-52), based on cultural and linguistic antecedents as discussed at million-dollar question.

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