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Term: scours

All the wordplay possibilities with the word "scours": spelling, phonetic, and semantic.

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scours

Definitions

Noun

  1. Diarrhea in livestock
  2. A place that is scoured (especially by running water)

Verb

  1. Examine minutely
  2. Clean with hard rubbing
  3. Rub hard or scrub
  4. Rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "scours".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 discourse 2 10
2 scours 2 5
3 discourses 3 2

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "scours".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 assessors 3 20
2 summers 2 17
3 singers 2 13
4 sailors 2 8
5 somers 2 7
6 summer's 2 7
7 suffers 2 5
8 sinners 2 4
9 seekers 2 3
10 suitors 2 3
11 saucers 2 2
12 sitters 2 2
13 aspires 3 1
14 cellars 2 1
15 isomers 3 1
16 scissors 2 1
17 seller's 2 1
18 sellers 2 1
19 sellers' 2 1
20 severs 2 1
21 sievers 2 1
22 signers 2 1
23 singer's 2 1
24 suckers 2 1
25 suppers 2 1
26 caesar's 2 0
27 caesars 2 0
28 caesars' 2 0
29 cedars 2 0
30 cyphers 2 0
31 sabers 2 0
32 sabres 2 0
33 sagers 2 0
34 sailor's 2 0
35 sailors' 2 0
36 sasser's 2 0
37 savers 2 0
38 savors 2 0
39 sawyer's 2 0
40 sawyers 2 0
41 saylors 2 0
42 scifres 2 0
43 searchers 2 0
44 seavers 2 0
45 seegars 2 0
46 seegers 2 0
47 seeker's 2 0
48 seevers 2 0
49 segars 2 0
50 segers 2 0
51 seiders 2 0
52 seizures 2 0
53 sellars 2 0
54 sengers 2 0
55 servers 2 0
56 setters 2 0
57 siders 2 0
58 siders' 2 0
59 siebers 2 0
60 siemers 2 0
61 sifers 2 0
62 siggers 2 0
63 simmers 2 0
64 skiers 2 0
65 smyers 2 0
66 sobers 2 0
67 soccer's 2 0
68 sodders 2 0
69 sofer's 2 0
70 sollars 2 0
71 sollers 2 0
72 sooner's 2 0
73 sooners 2 0
74 souders 2 0
75 southers 2 0
76 sowders 2 0
77 spiers 2 0
78 stiers 2 0
79 stowers 2 0
80 styers 2 0
81 suitor's 2 0
82 summor's 2 0
83 supers 2 0
84 surfers 2 0
85 suthers 2 0
86 sutures 2 0
87 swyers 2 0
88 syders 2 0
89 syders' 2 0
90 syphers 2 0

Spelled Like

Words that are spelled similarly to the term "scours".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 course 1 465
2 sources 2 88
3 courts 1 50
4 ours 2 27
5 scores 1 15
6 discourse 2 10
7 sour 2 3
8 scouts 1 2
9 sours 2 1
10 scour 2 1
11 viscous 2 1
12 scouters 2 0
13 scourges 2 0
14 souris 2 0
15 souers 2 0
16 scorns 1 0
17 sous 1 0
18 scor 1 0
19 cour 1 0
20 souders 2 0

Words That Follow

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Words That Precede

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Statistically Associated

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Consonant Match

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Results:

Term

Definitions: 6

Fragments: 3

Sound Alikes: 90

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 0

Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.

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