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 and divides as two-score 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.

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.