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unknowns

/ənˈoʊnz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.96 in modern English

Syllables
un-knowns
IPA
/ənˈoʊnz/
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of unknown

name

Those US military personnel who have died in service, usually in war, without proper burial.

American usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

the Unknowns (canonical, plural)

Phrases

Unknown Soldier Unknown Warrior

Frequently Paired Words

Unknown Soldier Unknown Warrior

Rhymes With

jones loans phones bones stones owns zones drones tones clones cones moans

Questions

How do you pronounce unknowns?
The recorded pronunciation is /ənˈoʊnz/.
What does unknowns mean?
plural of unknown

How to pronounce unknowns

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