six-pointed

1. 1.

   having six points

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Questions about six-pointed

What does six-pointed mean?

six-pointed means "having six points".

How many syllables are in six-pointed?

six-pointed has 3 syllables and divides as six--poin-ted under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is six-pointed a common word?

six-pointed is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.