Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

virginia reel

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.63 in modern English

Syllables: vir-gini-a reel
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An English country dance dating from the 17th century, popular in America between 1830 and 1890.

noun

A solitaire card game using two mixed decks of playing cards, and in which the foundations are built up by suit in intervals of three.

noun

A kind of rollercoaster characterized by spinning circular "tubs" that zigzag down a flat-bottomed track.

Inflected Forms

Virginia reels (plural)

Synonyms

reel

Questions

What does virginia reel mean?: An English country dance dating from the 17th century, popular in America between 1830 and 1890.

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