Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

turned tail

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.27 in modern English

Syllables
turned -tail
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does turned tail mean?
simple past and past participle of turn tail

How to pronounce turned tail

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