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possesses

How many syllables in possesses?

  3 syllables

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What rhymes with possesses

1 syllable
  • yese
    2 syllables
    • blesses
    • dresses
    • guesses
    • presses
    • tresses
    • cresses
    • esses
    • messes
    • stresses
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
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