yaller
/ˈjælɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.03 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pronunciation spelling of yellow, representing Southern US English.
Example Sentences
- ""Forgot the yaller cuss!" replied he."
- "And it's lucky for the rest that they can't git it. I see three spears o ' yaller corn once tryin' to occoopy an acre lot. But they could n't seem to make no good use on't, an' growed yallerer an' yallerer, an' spindlin'er an' spindlin'er, till they didn't know themselves from pigeon grass."
- "And here's a orange, the biggest and yallerest I could pick out. And ther's sugar, and lemons, and fresh beef."
- "See my yaller silk handkerchief, tew?"
- "He met me single and he fought me clean, and he's going to be pulled down by no pack of yaller dogs!"
Inflected Forms
yallerer (comparative)
yallerest (superlative)
yalla (alternative)
yallow (alternative)
yeller (alternative)