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Term: barbs

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

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  2. barbs

barbs

Definitions

Noun

  1. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
  2. The pointed part of barbed wire
  3. A subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove
  4. One of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather

Verb

  1. Provide with barbs
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "barbs".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 barbs 1 2

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "barbs".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 bulbs 1 3
2 bribes 1 1
3 barb's 1 0
4 blobs 1 0
5 blurbs 1 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 bars 1 40
2 bears 1 26
3 barns 1 4
4 barb's 1 0
5 barb 1 0
6 babs 1 0
7 arbs 1 0
8 barbosa 3 0
9 barbies 2 0
10 barbers 2 0
11 barbels 2 0
12 barbash 2 0
13 ebarb 2 0
14 byars 2 0
15 barts 1 0
16 barsh 1 0
17 barrs 1 0
18 baros 2 0
19 barks 1 0
20 baris 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: 5

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 5

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 0

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Chili judges exchange barbs
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Sep 10, 2026 FOX 2 Detroit
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Apr 13, 2026 Maryland Matters
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Aug 2, 2026 Entertainment Weekly
GOP candidates for SC attorney general exchange barbs, disagree on marijuana
May 28, 2026 South Carolina Daily Gazette
OpenAI trial judge lectures Musk, Altman on trading social media barbs
Apr 28, 2026 The Mercury News

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