Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

back-of-the-napkin

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.16 in modern English

Syllables
back--of-the--nap-kin
IPA
35
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
7
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

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What does back-of-the-napkin mean?
Synonym of back-of-the-envelope.

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