Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

was late

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.33 in modern English

Syllables
was late
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does was late mean?
simple past of be late

How to pronounce was late

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