Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yarborough

/jˈɑɹbˌɝoʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.22 in modern English

Syllables: yarbor-ough
IPA: /jˈɑɹbˌɝoʊ/

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hand, in bridge or whist, that has no card with a value greater than nine (and no aces), though in some circles it is no card above a ten.

name

noun

A hand that contains no honors (alternative letter-case form of yarborough).

Etymology

After the second Earl of Yarborough (b. 1809), who supposedly bet 1,000 to 1 that such a hand would not occur.

Inflected Forms

yarboroughs (plural)

Derived Forms

yarborough

Phrases

Yarborough hand

Rhymes With

scarborough

Questions

How do you pronounce yarborough?: The recorded pronunciation is /jˈɑɹbˌɝoʊ/.
What does yarborough mean?: A hand, in bridge or whist, that has no card with a value greater than nine (and no aces), though in some circles it is no card above a ten.
Where does yarborough come from?: After the second Earl of Yarborough (b. 1809), who supposedly bet 1,000 to 1 that such a hand would not occur.

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