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excelled

How many syllables in excelled?

  2 syllables

Divide excelled into syllables:   ex-celled
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What rhymes with excelled

1 syllable
  • celled
  • felled
  • geld
  • held
  • quelled
  • smelled
  • swelled
  • welled
  • dwelled
  • fjeld
  • gelled
  • meld
  • shelled
  • spelled
  • weld
2 syllables
3 syllables
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