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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

what's

/wʌts/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.20 in modern English

Syllables
what's
IPA
/wʌts/
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

contraction

What is.

contraction

What has.

contraction

What does.

Example Sentences

  • "What’s going on?"
  • "What’s that got to do with it?"
  • "What’s that mean?"

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /wʌts/
  • British English: /wɒts/

Phrases

what's your poison

Homonyms

watts (UK, wine–whine merger)

Rhymes With

cuts nuts guts butts shuts huts sluts lutz struts buts putts mutts

Questions

How do you pronounce what's?
The recorded pronunciation is /wʌts/.
What does what's mean?
What is.

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