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ruins

How many syllables in ruins?

  2 syllables

Divide ruins into syllables:   ru-ins
How to pronounce ruins:   roo-ins
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Synonyms for ruins


1 syllable
  • hulk
  • shards
2 syllables
  • relics
  • rubble
  • remains
  • wreckage
3 syllables
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    What rhymes with ruins

    1 syllable
    • boons
    • loons
    • bruins
    • tunes
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