Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

back of the wight

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.23 in modern English

Syllables: back- of the wight
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An area on the south coast of the Isle of Wight, England.

Example Sentences

"Other proposals were for an extension of the railway to Totland Bay, where the company had already acquired an hotel; and for a line from Freshwater to Brightstone [sic: Brighstone] and Ventnor, to serve the sparsely-populated south-western coast of the island, known as the Back of the Wight."

Questions

What does back of the wight mean?: An area on the south coast of the Isle of Wight, England.

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