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better the devil you know

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.28 in modern English

Syllables
bet-ter the dev-il y-ou -know
IPA
40
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
5
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

Alternative form of better the devil you know than the devil you don't know.

Questions

What does better the devil you know mean?
Alternative form of better the devil you know than the devil you don't know.

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