Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unscratched

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English

Syllables: un-scratched
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Example Sentences

"Although most lotologists collect scratch tickets that have already been scratched, approximately 15% of lotologists collect unscratched tickets."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English scratched English unscratched From un- + scratched.

Inflected Forms

more unscratched (comparative) most unscratched (superlative)

Questions

What does unscratched mean?: Not scratched.
Where does unscratched come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English scratched English unscratched From un- + scratched.

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