Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tips the scales

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.88 in modern English

Syllables
tip-s the s-cales
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does tips the scales mean?
third-person singular simple present indicative of tip the scales

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