Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wild and woolly

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.04 in modern English

Syllables
wild and -wool-ly
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Uncultured and without laws.

Informal

Usage

Inflected Forms

wilder and woollier (comparative) wildest and woolliest (superlative)

Questions

What does wild and woolly mean?
Uncultured and without laws.

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