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balks

How many syllables in balks?

  1 syllable

Divide balks into syllables:   balks
Syllable stress:   balks
How to say balks:

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What rhymes with balks

1 syllable
  • chalks
  • Fawkes
  • squawks
  • talks
  • walk
  • faux
  • hawks
  • stalks
  • Vaux
2 syllables
  • flummox
    3 syllables
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