tellen
/ˈtɛlən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.12 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "They tellen me as them furrin 'tatoes bin kill-dried afore they comen 'ere, so they bin no good fur settin'."
- "A dog, when it's had th' tin kettle unteed fro its tail, an' yo' geen it a feed of wut-cake an' milk, an' yo' tellen it to lie deawn upo' th' hearthstone, an' if it's a mind to stop wheere it is it may."
- "Hoo'll never do no good at the music, they tellen her up at the school, wi'out hoo practises reg'lar, an' it's unpossible for her to do that wi'out we has a pianney i' the 'ouse."