Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spur-royal

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.63 in modern English

Syllables: spur-roy-al
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A former English gold coin, first made in the reign of Edward IV, when it was worth ten shillings, and worth fifteen shillings during Mary I and Elizabeth I's reign. It had a star on the reverse.

Inflected Forms

spur-royals (plural) spur-rial (alternative) spur-ryal (alternative)

Questions

What does spur-royal mean?: A former English gold coin, first made in the reign of Edward IV, when it was worth ten shillings, and worth fifteen shillings during Mary I and Elizabeth I's reign. It had a star on the reverse.

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