twoscore

Questions about twoscore

What does twoscore mean?

twoscore means "being ten more than thirty".

How many syllables are in twoscore?

twoscore has 2 syllables: two-score. The stress falls on "two".

What is another word for twoscore?

Close synonyms include forty, 40, xl. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is twoscore a common word?

twoscore 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.